Quote Originally Posted by riverdep View Post
New to fly tying. What is it that makes a tan, brown or olive caddis? Is it the body dubbing color you use or the hackle color that defines each? Thanks.
Assuming you're talking about the adult caddis, the color reference is usually to the body. As you progress, you'll probably run across the works of the late Gary LaFontaine. LaFontaine like to describe caddis in a body/wing combo (or maybe it was a wing/body combo, I don't remember) such as olive/brown or gray/black, but you don't see that much.