Thanks Walter. I just ordered some from BRF because it doesn't flare as much as most deer hair.
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Thanks Walter. I just ordered some from BRF because it doesn't flare as much as most deer hair.
Myself since I am not all that great at tying dry flies and when I do tie caddies I use Deer
Just to beat the dead horse a bit more.
Caddis tied with a bit of a reverse taper........as I too believe their butts are thicker.
Also, didn't on this one, but often the Zelon shuck gets a bit unruly and I wave a lighter near the tip to sort of "seal" it. Any others do similar?
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That just may work Byron. ;)
They still make this stuff? Haven't seen any in the shops in my area for years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longs for Cutts
Prefer Elk but deer is easier to find in the right size, color, etc., so it is used more often. Definitely feel that Elk has better floatation, but have never tried to test the idea empirically.
I believe MFC markets Widow's Web now. It's great stuff.
Joe
An egg laying Caddis. Egg sack and the body is twisted (and trimmed CDC).
Cow Elk Hair.
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MFC's fly tying materials haven't made as many inroads as their flies. Really Congo Hair or the standard or trigger point EP fibers are basically the same. I just design bugs for MFC and have to represent. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by whatfly
I fuse some shucks with a lighter. Others I twist until the fibers double up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byron haugh
A few days ago I watched some midges hatching. The shucks were very prominent - thin, segmented, translucent and straight. Mayflies are similar.
I've never watched a caddis hatching up close and don't recall seeing loads of caddis shucks collecting in eddies. So I really don't know what caddis shucks/pupal sheaths look like.
I feel kinda ignorant asking, but do caddis pupa leave shucks like mayflies, midges and stoneflies? any photos around?
I'll try that. Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong.
The stonefly "hatches" after crawling out of the water onto land. It is huge, and leaves its exoskeleton on the land. On rocks or tree branches.
Most mayflies hatch at the surface of the water. They are small, and the shucks they abandon on the water are tiny and nearly transparent and are hard to see on moving water. The Gray Drake is one mayfly that hatches on the land rather than ascending to the surface to hatch.
Caddis also hatch at the surface of the water. Their shucks are also hard to see on the surface of the water. If you carefully capture material on the water's surface with a fine mesh screen, you will see tiny bits of transparent "skin" from such abandoned shucks.