I had a question on caddis. I fish alot of caddis nymphs, pupa and dries, but late at night I see big fish coming up for something that I think is a spent caddis, because I don't think they would rise for a mayfly spinner like that. These fish are usually steelhead and I would love to figure out what they are feeding on. Nothing is hatching, and this is a feeding rise.

I notice spent caddis, with their wings spread out, not quite dead when I wade. Kind of like a 4 wing spinner with no tail.

Now the question. Why no spent caddis patterns (hardly), and if you see a few they have the wings back, not flat.

Is the bug I'm seeing not spent but drowned? Any one have any ideas?

Thanks ...

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- rriver


[This message has been edited by rriver (edited 16 September 2005).]