I tried tying neversink caddis for smokies but don’t like the broad profile which the foam gives as I believe the fly doesnt look natural. does anyone have a neversink that looks realistic and is still a “neversink”.look for @ 14 or 16 pattern for the small yellow caddis and yellow sallys. Thanks
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Flyman…here is a pic of the foam butt stage of my Foam Butt Caddis. You can tie them smaller by using razor foam which makes the loop smaller & leaving off the rubber legs of a FBC. You bind the foam down to the shank winding back, form the loop (like an egg sac in your case), tie in your hackle, bind the foam down back to the thorax, then palmer your hackle. The rest is finished just like a standard Elk-hair Caddis. In your case I would tie it with a chartruese foam to mimic an egg sac.
They float like a cork. 
You can also use Caribou hair for the wing, but it’s extremely fragile. The fly won’t last as long as if you’ve used elk hair or deer. The hairs are hollow (I think) and I like to say that the fly lands on the water like a piece of cotton wood fluff.
I don’t have any photos, but you should look up the books by Len Wright. Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect or Fly Fishing Heresies. Also book by Solomon and Leiser, The Caddis and the Angler.
By the way, when you use the pattern name ‘Neversink Caddis’, is that the same as the ‘Skittering Caddis’? Do you have a pattern recipe or photo of what you mean? OR, are you refering to the one I just looked up that has an extended foam body? If that’s the one then I really wonder how the name is associated with the Neversink. Okay, it’s just me but … oh, never mind.
Allan
This one isn’t a Neversink (never heard of that one before). But it is a champion floater.
Two materials: duck flank wing and grizzly hackle. The hackle is wound parachute-style, between the junction of the wing and the bend of a short-shank hook. The trick is to lash the wing on loosely, and then to wind wind a dozen or so horizontal thread wraps underneath the wing. That creates a short stubby thread post around which the hackle is wound…which allows the wing to stay oriented horizontally–parallel to the shank. Without the thread post the hackle forces the wing up into an almost vertical posture.
Why this fly floats so well I can’t say. But is a champion floater none-the-less.
