Tying the Peacock caddis/sedge with Barry Ord Clarke

This is an old but reliable Peacock caddis/sedge pattern used especially in fast riffles and for searching pocket water. Visit my site thefeatherbender.com
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[@joeduca8582]

Beautiful tie Barry. Thanks for the wing space tip! 👍😎

[@SkidinDingo]

i always love watching you tie, even if it's just a simple pattern like this one. i personally do one thing different, though. i start my thread and leave a long tag to counter wrap the peacock, just to make it a little more durable.

[@RobertStrahl]

Awesome tie👍

[@javieribanez8824]

Brilliant tie once again Barry. Thanks for the tip on the wing! Cheers, javier

[@Thefeatherbender]

Gracias Javier.

[@daiodrive]

Excellent fly mate. I love your tutorials.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks David, many more to come.

[@Man-ug9yh]

What a good fly or color for dirty water situations

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Man.

[@lorswanson1542]

Bravo sir majestic work. Boss works.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Lor.

[@abefrohman1759]

Very nice.

[@Vadim_Kovalchuk]

Отлично, как всегда!

[@davidwoods7121]

Magic mate . 😀👍

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Dave.

[@seanmooney3907]

Good looking fly. I would probably put some wire on that body to help it last a little longer. Peacock herl is really easily broken. I even put a rib on griffiths gnats now as well. All the best, Sean

[@Im118ish]

Barrys hurl looks like it was squawking less that 24hrs ago...
That fresh peacock is relatively strong ~&we all know Barry works with the best 🤣

[@flytyer2368]

Hi Barry! I haven’t talked to you in quite a while. I wanted to give you a tid bit of interesting info about this pattern. There is a pattern called a Pass Lake or a Pass Lake Special that is tied like this pattern. There is also a variation that is even more effective if the body was changed to black micro chenille. It is especially effective in the Montana of the Midwest, the Driftless area of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Additionally, is you add a couple of sprigs of red Krystal Flash to the tail, the Brookies can’t stay off it and take rates increase exponentially. I have also seen both the base pattern and variant tied in sizes 8 thru 2, weighted and fished as a streamer on a tight line. Most effective as well. Remember the red KF but keep it short (1/2 hook gap(e)).
Edit: I should tell you there are many patterns called Pass Lake, but what I discussed is what I’ve seen for myself.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Mark, very interesting!

[@nisuke2452]

I like this. !

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks KC.

[@lastcoyote2355]

Something about peacock herl that drives fish crazy . I fish this pattern on cloudy days late in the afternoon. Great fly as usual Barry,

[@Thefeatherbender]

Ain't that the truth!

[@kerrypitt9789]

Nice pattern! Not too much emotional attachment if you lose it and it should be very effective!

[@Thefeatherbender]

You loose some...

[@NWFlies]

@@Thefeatherbender Imagine you loose a Dahlberg Diver on the first cast

[@stevemd8947]

Excellent Tie. What brand of saddle hackle do you use?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Its a 30 year old Whiting saddle.

[@Flyrodder68]

definetely looks hard to make sparse with the two hackles...good fast water fly

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Lee, it's not that difficult.

[@josephrush473]

8

[@holyworrier]

Hackles are superfluous, in my experience.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Each to their own...