Slope caddis...

[planettrout]

I have been playing around with these new hooks...



and wanted to come up with a Caddis cripple/emerger that hug low in the surface film...




SLOPE CADDIS Lemme.. see here...hmmmm...I went with scraggly...
HOOK: Gamakatsu C-16B. #16-#18
THREAD: Gordon Griffiths 14/0 Sheer Tan and White
ABDOMEN: Gordon Griffiths 14/0, Sheer White, ( built with a pronounced hump at the bend)
TAG: Holo Tinsel, Gold
OVER ABDOMEN: Stalcup's Micro Midge Tubing, Tan, Grey, Olive Chart. or Brown
THORAX: SLF Prism, Tan, Lt. Grey, Brown/Olive, Olive, Peacock or Chocolate Brown
OUTRIGGERS: Thin strands of Snowshoe Rabbit's Foot, Light Dun, Medium Dun or Dark Dun
UNDER WING: Three strands of Krystal Flash, Root beer, UV Tan, Olive, Rust, Pearl or UV Gray
WING: Coastal Deer Hair, Tan, Natural or Darker Mottled Shades, tied bullet ?style
This Caddis Cripple/Emerger was meant to be messy. I wanted the abdomen to hang lower in the water. The abdomen is a proven design off John Barr's Graphic Caddis. The Snowshoe Rabbit outriggers are for additional support and motion. I went with the full length of the fibers rather than clipping them. The KF under wing is for sparkle I really like SLF Prism for it's translucent quality and sparkle...

I figure it might get a few rises here...





up along that far bank on the East Walker River, about dusk to dark, where my Son Michael is tossing a RAM Caddis, about 20 years ago...






I subscribe to the DEAN ENDRESS philosophy of Fly Tying..Make the SUCKA' look alive and struggling...



PT/TB