Very nice!!
Very nice!!
Very nice ties. The clipped butts on mine are pretty close to the eye, I thought.
Another
Last edited by Byron haugh; 10-23-2016 at 02:21 AM.
Martin, Sweet, simple and well done. I always thought of the HC caddis as a pattern local to CA. Guess not! What size hook did you use for that one?
Byron,
Another nice one there. Love the contrast in the body. What dubbing are you using? I believe I used ginger antron and olive Fly Rite poly on the one shown.
Bugsy,
Thanks. Used dyed beaver mix. Sort of amber abdomen and Caddis green thorax. Not sure of size. Either 16 or 14...DaiRiki 320
Last edited by Byron haugh; 10-23-2016 at 07:33 AM.
Darker Thorax
I see one thing I've been doing wrong all of these years is making the thorax section darker than the abdomen. In other words using 2 body colors. It seems the thorax is always a darker color. I've been reminded of that by your ties. Thanks
Eric Otzinger designed the Hot Creek Caddis while he was working at Bob Marriott's Shop. It has been featured twice in the Long Beach Casting Club's Newsletter (PDF - Scroll down)Originally Posted by Bugsy
August 2010:
http://www.longbeachcastingclub.org/.../tt2010_08.pdf
May 2016:
http://www.longbeachcastingclub.org/.../tt2016_05.pdf
It works in a lot of other places besides HC. Mike Mercer's Missing Link is another good one, which is similar to Ralph's E/C Caddis. In his original article in Fly Fisherman Magazine in March 2010, Mercer mentions using the pattern during a Fall BWO hatch on the Firehole...worked for him - go figure...
PT/TB
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Thanks, Bugsy. I've used it for a caddis pattern in Germany
My hook is a #14 Daiichi 1180
Mart
Seems like it would be a good mayfly imitation as well
PT:
Interesting. Martinsweek posted two beautiful examples of the Hot Creek Caddis earlier in this thread.
Those are beautiful, elegant flies. I am still a believer in a trailing shuck as a trigger for opportunistic trout.
Byron,
Take a look at the Harrop's Hairwing Dun and Mercer's Missing Link - both tied by Charlie C.
Hairwing Dun:
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/upl...g Dun (12).jpg
Missing Link:
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/upl... jpegs (1).jpg
What do they have in common with the E/C Caddis?
What was it that Swisher & Richard's said in "Selective Trout" (ppgs. 23-26) about the first thing a Trout sees when a fly enters it's cone of vision?
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