This, I believe, is one of Davie McPhail's patterns. Very simple.....
The Mouse Caddis
This, I believe, is one of Davie McPhail's patterns. Very simple.....
Last edited by Byron haugh; 03-24-2013 at 07:41 PM.
What's the recipe and why does he call it a "Mouse" caddis? It looks like a low floater.
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
Last edited by Byron haugh; 03-24-2013 at 07:42 PM.
These look really good! I like the look of the coarse dubbing instead of the Palmered hackle.
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.
Thanks Ray, on behalf of the originator Davie McPhail. As an aside, I really like the spiky nature of the Zelon dubbing I used.
Last edited by Byron haugh; 03-25-2013 at 01:15 AM.
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