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    Default Fly of The Week - Week 4 Feb 26 thru March 3 Adult Caddis

    Hi,

    How about changing the week to end on Saturday night. That gives the employed fly tiers Sunday to tie and post their versions?

    Mine is a dense version of Hans Weilenmann's CDC/Elk - although both are tied with deer hair and not elk hair as the name implies.

    On mine I add an egg sack to the rear of the fly in keeping with all the studies which state that adult caddis flies available to the trout are generally the female as she returns to oviposit her eggs.

    Standard dry.fly hook
    Butt: ice dub
    Remainder of abdomen: single CDC feather
    Swept wing: deer hair


    Last edited by Byron haugh; 02-26-2012 at 04:42 AM.

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    Arrow It's a big one ...

    ... an October Caddis, that is.



    This is an original. It performed beautifully on the Lochsa and a couple backcountry Montana freestone streams this past fall, from late September through early November. It is the model for a new FEB skwala dry which I expect to fish in the next few weeks, downsized and with the appropriate color changes.

    Hook - TMC 2312 size 12
    Thread - 6/0 Montana Fly Co orange
    Furled Extended Body - two strands orange antron and one strand stone brown antron
    Legs - Montana Fly Co speckled orange small centipede legs
    Rear wing - natural humpy deer hair
    Head and overwing - natural humpy deer hair tied bullethead style

    This 17" West slope cutthroat had eaten it on the Lochsa just before the above pic was taken.



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    Resting Adult Caddis. (Phillip White)
    Thread: Brown UTC 70
    Wing: (Tied in first forward fron the eye) Fine deer hair
    Body: Tiny tag of Light Brite to imitate the egg sack, Olive Green Beaver Dubbing
    Hackle: Red Game wound over thorax and trimmed above and below
    Fold the wing over and tie down behind the hackle.

    Right off to work despite it being a Sunday.
    Cheers,
    A.

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    Chuck Stranahan's Caddis Variant:




    Pattern calls for a 2XS hook like a Mustad 94838 (or Tiemco 921) but I was out when I tied these up so I used the Dai Riki; fish didn't seem to care. That little bit of white calf body hair really helps me spot the fly in failing light when the Hydropsyche hatch heats up on the Madison.
    • Hook: Dai Riki 305 18
    • Thread: Gudebrod 10/0 Tan
    • Abdomen: Antron (twisted) Tan
    • Under Wing: Coastal Deer Hair natural
    • Over Wing: Calf Body Hair White
    • Hackle: Barred Variant dyed Tan oversized to 2 gap widths

    Regards,
    Scott

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    These are two adult Caddis patterns which were developed by Yellowstone area tiers which I have found to be quite useful in the Eastern Sierras...



    OLIVE BUTCH CADDIS (Kelly Galloup) -top view



    Side view...



    From a Trout's perspective...

    HOOK: TMC 900 BL, #14-#18, TMC 101 #16-#18, TMC 100 SPBL. #14-#18

    THREAD: Uni., 8/0, 6/0 or GSP 100 or 200, Olive

    EGG SAC: Zelon, Green

    BODY: Stalcups Micro Fine Dry Fly Dub. BWO Olive

    UNDER WING: Zelon, Kinky Light Dun

    WING: White Tail Deer Hair

    LEGS: Speckled Centipede Legs, Mini-Olive, Montana Fly CO



    FLUTTERING WHITE MILLER (Nectopsyche)...Wiese version...side view...developed by Craig Matthews

    HOOK: TMC 900BL, #16-#18

    THREAD: Gordon Griffith, 14/0, Olive

    ABDOMEN: Creamy Golden Olive Dubbing Mix - (My Own)

    WING: White Zelon

    HACKLE: Dun, Cream or White - I like Grizzly Dun - tied 1x-2x, OVERSIZE

    WAKING POST: Two strands of White Zelon (from wings), clipped long-ish



    FLUTTERING WHITE MILLER...Wiese...top view

    This pattern, again, developed by Matthews, imitates the adult. The waking post adds to the fly's effectiveness when swung, and skittered.





    Both are successful in waters draining out of the above mountains...


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    PT,

    Thanks for posting those flies. Love the Butch Caddis, another great bug for the Hydropsyche hatch & all-around attractor (eastern trout like them, too); would have been my 1st choice since the CDC & Elk was already spoken for but didn't have any worthy of photographing. I like Wally's White Miller, too; tied up a bunch for last fall on the Firehole, but by the time I got there the hatch was done.

    Regards,
    Scott

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    I apologize for the picture. It does not do the fly justice, but wanted to share the concept.

    This is my Snowshoe Caddis. I don't see these anywhere. I'm sure someone is tying them, but have not seen them. I think the Snowshoe Hare makes a great material for a caddis fly.
    Thanks,
    Byron



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    You don't see these in shops or catalogs any more but I still carry some and catch a fish on them once in a while just to remind myself that it isn't all about the latest super fly.



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    The evolution of this pattern took a while. But it's a dandy.

    Last edited by pittendrigh; 02-26-2012 at 07:36 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pittendrigh View Post
    The evolution of this pattern took a while. But it's a dandy.

    Man, that sure is a dandy

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