Trout GUMMIS...

This is the material pittendrigh was talking about in his post on gooey golden...UV Chewee Skin is interesting...

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BUCKY?S UV CHEWEE SKIN CADDIS LARVA...side view

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The stuff that goes into the above pattern ...(Sans a black brass or Tung. Bead)...

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BUCKY?S UV CHEWEE SKIN CADDIS LARVA...tilted view...

HOOK: TMC 3761 or Daiichi 1560, #12-#16
THREAD: Waspsi, Ultra, 70 denier, Olive or Uni 8/0 Light Olive?FLATTENED
WEIGHT: Lead or lead sub. if using a brass bead
SHELLBACK: UV Chewee Skin, Caddis Green, pull gently over abdomen and bead
ABDOMEN: UV Ice Dub, Light Olive
BEAD: Black Brass or Tung
Another one of the fish catching machines out of Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone.Bucky says it may be used as a scud too. The video for tying this pattern is here:

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UV CADDIS GREEN CHEWEE PUPA...

HOOK: TMC 2488H, #12-#16
THREAD: Wapsi, Ultra, Olive 70 denier?use up to thorax
RIB: Wapsi, Ultra, Black, 6″ section
ABDOMEN: UV Chewee Skin, Caddis Green
THORAX: Natural Gray Ostrich Herl, use Ultra 70 denier to tie off and for rest of tie
WINGS/LEGS: Natural Brown Partridge

I wanted a pupa pattern with this Chewee Skin material?this design is based on John Barr's Graphic Caddis, with a distinct hump of thread at the rear of the abdomen tapering to the thorax?Ostrich herl and partridge brings subtle motion to the fly...

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Chewee Skin Green McKenzie Soft Hackle...

HOOK: TMC 3761, Daiichi 1560, # 8- #16
THREAD: Wapsi Ultra, Black 140 or 70 denier
BODY: UV Caddis Green Chewee Skin
THORAX: UV Ice Dub, Black
HACKLE: Natural Brown Partridge


This pattern come out of the Caddis Fly Shop in Eugene, OR. I have visited here a number of times on visits to Eugene. It was developed for the large Caddis that hatch on the McKenzie River in spring . I have scaled it down a bit for Eastern Sierra waters. The material, UV Chewee Skin, takes some getting used to. Stretch the cut off section gently and cut on an angle before tying it in on the hook. Use flattened thread and Softex, Aquaflex or Epoxy with this material-it melts with most head cements.It is squishy, slips somewhat but makes a really nice soft body?I shall hence refer to it as the TROUT GUMMI material !!!
An instructional video for tying the pattern may be found on the CADDIS FLY BLOG HERE:

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My daughter Ally, on the Madison River, MT...getting ready for the evening Caddis hatch above $3.00 Bridge...

Other Caddis Larva patterns here:

http://planettrout.wordpress.com/201...s-conjuration/

PT/TB :p

Those both look REALLY good! And yeah, that first one could definitely double as a scud or sowbug pattern, IMO. Maybe add ribbing for segmentation in that case?
And thanks for a "duh" moment for me....I've always wrapped non-lead wire around the shank for weighting a scud pattern (not that I've tied a lot of them)...that black bead seems like an excellent alternative for me to try.

Thanks for posting these!

Ditto on the moonlighting as a scud...Like the pupa also.

Really lovely flies, just 'buggy' enough *S*
LF