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Dry

Garcia’s Mini Hot

Insect Species Icon Little Black Caddis, Caddis, Little Black Stone and 2 others
Difficulty Icon Medium - 5-7 Min
Water Category Icon Coldwater

Tying Video

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Tying Recipe
  • Hook: Straight shank, straight eye, dry fly hook
  • Bead: None
  • Thread: UTC 70
  • Hot Spot: Red Flashabou
  • Clear Case: Clear Micro Tubing
  • Underwing: Pearl Ice Dub Dubbing
  • Overwing: Bleached Elk Hair
  • Hackle: Brown Whiting Rooster Cape
  • Dubbing: Caddis Green Ice Dub Dubbing

 

  • Thread and Hot Spot: Substitute thread and flash for different color schemes.
  • Clear Case: Try a colored casing for new colors or no casing at all.
  • Underwing: Use calf-hair, z-lon or various sparkle flash for your underwing to add more flare.
  • Overwing: Elk, Calf and Deer hair are all available in various colors for a wing that stands out.
  • Hackle: Substitute in your favorite hackle.
  • Dubbing: Vary the color based on your color scheme.

The Garcia’s Mini Hot is an excellent variation to your basic stimulator; standing out from the crowd can really be productive when it comes to dry flies. Try this in different color schemes for seemingly endless variations. Additionally, other materials like scud backing can be used as an alternate to midge tubing to allow the angler to increase fly durability.

  • Rib: Try wrapping your midge tubing as a rib instead of a casing or rib with 2 colors of midge tubing at once
  • Hackle: Change the frequency of your wraps for desired floatability
  • Deer Hair: Stack it thick to float it up top or find dyed deer hair to stand out
  • Hot Spot: Vary the color of flashabou for your desired color scheme

Often out-fishing many other “stimulator-like” patterns, the Garcia’s Mini Hot can really fire up the angler’s arsenal of weapons on the stream. The vibrant colors on the Mini Hot seem to really bring a bounty of fish to the surface in a splashy raid. Additionally, the tubing used to secure the underbody adds a lot of durability compared to other thread and hackle-based patterns. The Garcia’s Mini Hot really excels on the stream because of it’s subtle differences from the patterns other anglers are using. Be sure to pick a few of these bad boys up before your next small stream venture!

The Garcia’s Mini Hot is a strong fly that works great across all of the caddis and stonefly-holding creeks available to anglers. This fly is a fantastic little addition to your box that will consistently bring fish up to your dry flies. Riding high and fairly sturdy, it is possible to fish with the same fly for an entire day trips worth of fishing. A big key to this fly is applying a generous coat of floatant to all of the fibers (note: letting  your dry fly absorb floatant for 10-15 minutes before use may yield better results with this fly).

Caddis

General Hatch Chart Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Caddis
Sizes: #10 - #22

Little Black Caddis

Regional Hatch Chart Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Region: West
Little Black Caddis
Sizes: #14 - #20
Region: Northwest
Little Black Caddis
Sizes: #14 - #20
Region: East, Midwest
Little Black Caddis
Sizes: #14 - #20
Region: Southeast
Little Black Caddis
Sizes: #14 - #20

Little Black Stone

Regional Hatch Chart Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Region: West, Northwest, East
Little Black Stone
Sizes: #14 - #20
Region: Midwest
Little Black Stone
Sizes: #14 - #20

October Caddis

Regional Hatch Chart Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Region: West, Northwest, East
October Caddis
Sizes: #8 - #12

Yellow Sally

Regional Hatch Chart Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Region: West, Midwest
Yellow Sally
Sizes: #12 - #18
Region: Northwest
Yellow Sally
Sizes: #12 - #18
Region: East, Southeast
Yellow Sally
Sizes: #12 - #18

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