Quote Originally Posted by Moscow View Post
I love fishing the CDC&Elk but not for October Caddis. They are much bigger (and not to mention some shade of orange) than I think is practical for using the CDC&Elk.

This thread does make me wonder why folks would fish an emerger for the October caddis. I've never seen them emerging on stream like a typical caddis (producing a v-wake) but rather do see the adults depositing the eggs in late afternoon - early evening. Hence, the big bushy Stimulator recommendation. I understood the life cycle of this caddis was to crawl to the shore and emerge. I'd be curious to hear of others if they have seen a predominance of in-stream emergence of the October caddis.

thanks,

Moscow
... for some discussion of October Caddis on West Fly.

http://www.west-fly-fishing.com/ento.../october.shtml

I have limited experience with this hatch, but a couple weeks ago on Rock Creek, when I had a very good day with my CFC October Caddis pattern, I had the distinct impression that the caddis were consistently coming off in the creek over the course of several hours from late morning / early afternoon through mid afternoon.

John