I think others will enjoy this new video by Davie McPhail on tying the original CDC Bubble Sedge.
Great looking caddis pattern.
http://youtu.be/R4UoEg-mk4M
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I think others will enjoy this new video by Davie McPhail on tying the original CDC Bubble Sedge.
Great looking caddis pattern.
http://youtu.be/R4UoEg-mk4M
Nice. I like the bubble and overall 'bugginess' because of the squirrel fur. Wonder what is the best way to fish this pattern?
As Davie ties it there it would be used here as a still water pattern. Part of a team, which would be cast out, left static for a few seconds, then retrieved. Usually from a drifting boat. It will cross over to rivers very easily. Cover the fish dead drift. If that doesn't get the desired reaction, impart a little action to the fly.
Cheers,
A.
A part of an article by Davie on this general style; how to fish; and why
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...pscd8c3dc7.jpg
As good as that fly looks it may not matter how you fish it. Just get it in front of the fish.
Joe
Byron asked me for my version of this fly, which is a little different. (At that time I was out of CdC but as some arrived yesterday...) I tie a gold ribbed hare's ear version.
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The body is tied in two sections, the rear two thirds is dubbed hare's ear ribbed with fine gold oval. Then the forward third the same hare's ear in split thread to give a hackle like thorax. Working in from the eye I clip a V in the thorax hairs. As always with Hare's ear flies a primrose coloured thread shows off the hare's ear best, in this case 8/0 Light Cahill Uni. This one is on a size 10, usually I would have them in sizes 10 to 14.
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The antennae are omitted as I find they don't add anything to the fly. Often the first fish will break them off anyway. I have never perceived any difference in fishing these with or without them.
Cheers,
A.
Nice fly Alan, I like it. ;)
Great job AlanB.
Thank you
I like your fly, AlanB, and also the concept of tying a fly that floats, as well as fishes, well. - the 2 are often interconnected.
In that regards, in just the past couple days I read where Craig Matthews said that his Amber Iris Caddis pattern was the best caddis pattern ever devised by man. What a bold statement! While it may be a good pattern in some circumstances, it isn't the best floating pattern when tied as he recommends, which thus limits it's usefulness in certain faster water situations.
I think you could fish it as an emerger, too.
John,
indeed it is a bold claim. Terry Griffiths (Photographer fly tier and writer) wrote in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying that "The CdC and Elk is the best dry fly for both river and still water he has ever used." I can swallow that a lot easier as he is saying it about someone else's design (Our very own Hans W.) To say it of your own fly is... well going too far.
On its day that fly is good, it hasn't caused me to kick any other caddis pattern out of my box though. I do like to be able to pull it under and have it pop up. That is the main reason I use it.
Lastchance, you could but it is a caddis imitation. A friend of mine shot film of caddis emerging under a microscope. That film convinced us both that here is no point trying to imitate an emerging caddis at the surface. They emerge from pupa to adult in well under 1 second. The fact that many fish are caught on flies that supposedly represent emerging caddis just proves the furthest our reasoning can go is that a fish eats a fly because it can. I'm not sure o what caddis emergers are taken for, but its doubtful they are taken as caddis flies emerging when they are not available for long.
Cheers,
C.
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Originally Posted by John Rhoades
John,
Could you please identify the source of the statement attributed to Craig a Matthews?
Thanks
Never mind, John.
I found the quote.
It is said to be the most effective caddis "emerger" pattern devised.......
Everyone has an opinion, I've caught a lot of fish on both. But my money says Gary LaFontaine would have something to say too. Wish he were still around to hear his answer. I especially like the LaFontaine emergers if tied properly with the right materials. But I bet I'm opening up a can of worms here.
Gene
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Originally Posted by AlanB
AlanB,
I think there can be misunderstandings regarding the use of the term "emerger".
I prefer to use "emergers" (regarding caddis) as the pupal stage and most often imitated by a soft hackle fly.
What I call an "emergent" caddis might more appropriately be called a "cripple", representing a caddis which did not successfully completely break the surface and fly away - thus, the trailing shuck on many "emerger caddis" patterns to, and including, the very successful X-Caddis.
Interestingly enough, here is a picture of an Iris Caddis Jon Juracek picked out for us to use one morning in Blue Ribbon.
We were having such good fortune with X-Caddis and the X-Caddis with 2-3 clumps of deer hair that we never gave their pattern a try................Not an Amber, but sort of a grey caddis. I assume it to represent the hydrosyche caddis.
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...ps18d0ebaa.jpg
Alan,
Those are inspiring. Thanks.
Ed
I never knew that, Alan. I have used the Iris Caddis with good success, too. Thanks
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Originally Posted by AlanB
All I can go on is the evidence I have seen, Which is film of four different species of caddis emerging at the water surface. None of them took more than a second after finally touching the surface to being an adult stood on the surface. If trout will target the emerging stage and cripples with other kinds of fly because they have less chance of escaping, it would seem unlkely they would target caddis emergers, that are only available for a split second. Undoubtedly, as Byron points out, there will be those which don't make the transition. Also those which hang or swim for a while just under the surface prior to hatching. However, these are not emergers. I don't doubt the effectiveness of the various flies mentioned. It is what they are taken for I question.
Cheers,
A.
AlanB,
That is exactly why I believe the term "emergers" is too broadly applied.
The imitations with trailing shucks have reached the surface, but have become "stuck " and offer the trout a great opportunity for feeding.
As another example, Craig Matthews and Jon Juracek's tremendous pattern the "Sparkle Dun" is often referred to as an "emerger". The beauty of this very effective pattern is that it represents a crippled dun, stuck in its shuck, and easy prey for the trout as it can't fly off......