Latex Caddis Pattern

Salmonfly - Thanks and Very nice. Will give it a try. - Allan

[Salmonfly]

Thanks Allan!

[Warmouth]

That's one nice looking caddis pattern.

Warmouth

[littlebrook]

Salmonfly may have the successful answer. I remember tying caddis larvae with latex bodies many years ago, probably the ~20 years mentioned above, and catching absolutely nothing. Apparently this is just another area where I'll completely agree with Gary LaFontaine. (It's hard, probably silly to argue with him.) I've successfully used his patterns. They work!

Bill

[Donald Nicolson]

I used this pattern - Swannundaze Sedge Pupa - as a basis for a latex version. I did not have any Swannundaze or any access to it so I tied with a long narrow strip of latex. It worked as an exercise in fly tying very well but did not catch me any fish. I maybe did not persevere with it enough but still the fly looked very good.
Here is the pattern I used with the substitution of latex for the Swannundaze.
* Hook : 8 - 10 Shrimp or grub
* Thread : Yellow
* Underbody : Fluo red floss
* Overbody : Clear amber swannudaze
* Rib : Peacock herl
* Hackle : Brown partridge
* Wingcase : Cock pheasant
* Thorax : Brown seal's fur or similar
* Horns : Long cock pheasant tail fibres
I cant find the fly I tied, buried in a spare fly box somewhere,
but here is a site with a version of the Swannundaze Sedge Pupa.
http://www.fish4flies.com/Nymphs/Caddis ... Sedge_Pupa