Here is the fly pattern sheet for the Callibaetis Cripple, a fly my friend Phil Fischer taught at a Central Oregon Flyfisher’s Winter fly tying class.
Materials
Hook:
TMC 100 or Daiichi 1180, size 12 – 16
Thread:
Tobacco brown or light olive
Shuck:
Light olive Zelon
Rib
Fine copper, bronze or red wire
Body:
Light olive dubbing or turkey biot
Thorax:
Light olive dubbing blend – 25% tan UV and 75% light olive
Wing:
Texas whitetail deer hair
Hackle:
Tan/Callibaetis or Grizzly Dyed Dun Whiting Saddle
This is a fly pattern my friend Phil Fischer taught at a Central Oregon Flyfisher’s Winter fly tying class. I’ve added it to RiverKeeper Flies with his permission.
Check out Phil’s great Youtube video for tying instructions at: http://youtu.be/bB6eQppBh6w