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Fly of the Month

November, 2004
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The Orange Serendipity

 

The Orange Serendipity works in Rock Creek during the October Caddis hatch. This caddis crawls out of the water to hatch and dives to the bottom to lay its eggs. I'm not sure whether the fish take the fly for a hatcher or an egg layer but they take it with abandon.

 

 

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Materials
       
Hook: Dai Riki 135 Size 8
Tail: None
Body: Orange Plastic Body Wrap
Head: Tying Thread
Tying Thread: Uni Orange 6/0

 

Tying Steps

 

!. Insert the hook in the vise. Coat the hook with thread and tie body material on at the back of the hook. Cut the body material at an angle to keep it from bulking up at the rear of the fly.

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Wrap the body material around the hook shank giving the body a segmented appearance. Tie the body off about 1/8" back of the eye. Trim the body material off.

 

3. Tie on a small bunch of fairly fine deerhair. Don't cut the deerhair, instead pull both the hair butts and tips back and build a head with tying thread. Clip the hair to make a wingcase and apply 2 coats of head cement. The fly is now done.

 

 

 

 

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The one thing about this fly that amazes people is its size. Most people tell me they've never seen a size 8 Serendipity before. I tell them it's the biggest size we can tie where the fly looks like a caddis nymph. In any case, it seems to work because we sell a lot of them. We have all the materials to make the Orange Serendipity in stock. We'll be glad to send you whatever you need. Just Call us at (406)825-6440.
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