The Mouse Caddis

[Byron haugh]

This, I believe, is one of Davie McPhail's patterns. Very simple.....

[lastchance]

What's the recipe and why does he call it a "Mouse" caddis? It looks like a low floater.

[Byron haugh]

Just a dubbed body, deer hair wing, and more dubbing to form a tapered front and keep the deer hair at about 180 around the body to aid in floatation. Really nothing to it.

I suspect he calls it the "mouse caddis" because it looks a bit like mouse patterns? Not sure.
Yes, it would be a low floater. Would think it would work great on slick waters.

A Brachycentrus version

[Ray Kunz]

These look really good! I like the look of the coarse dubbing instead of the Palmered hackle.

[Allan]

On the West Branch of Delaware and elsewhere, generally a simple caddis was the ticket. Dry fly hook, size to match dominant caddis insect, thread would be same general color as body, body was dubbed witrh a reverse taper with a wing of deer hair as long as the shank. Tye down the deer hair and clip it off so that the hair butts created a head sticking up about as long as the eye.

[Byron haugh]

Thanks Ray, on behalf of the originator Davie McPhail. As an aside, I really like the spiky nature of the Zelon dubbing I used.

[Longs for Cutts]

Hmmm...

I need to tie some of those with sort of a golden creamy amberish olive body, pale tan Zelon underwing, and bleached wing. Skated I think it would kill them on the Firehole during Nectopsyche/White Miller time.

Edit: Can you see why I make my own dubbing blends or have Doug Korn make them for me?

[Byron haugh]

Wally,
White Miller type.............

[Joe Billingsley]

Byron,
I can't tell - is that a curved hook or straight shank hook with the dubbing down the bend a little?

Joe

[Byron haugh]

Joe,
Good eye. Thought bit of curve would be good, but only had large bend, so tied down the bend to get a similar effect.