This is one of my favorite patterns to fish. Whether it is in a stream, river, lake, beaver pond, high lake--it's one of the most productive patterns I've come up with. It doesn't matter how you fish it--as a nymph with additional
The Elk Hair Caddis is one of the most recognized flies of all time. This is a must pattern for every serious trout angler. It is a great fly to learn hackling and hair handling techniques before attempting more difficult patterns. I chose
Caddis larva constitutes one of the trout's main food sources through out the world. This particular pattern will show you how to create a larva with breathing gills. The gills, which are made out of ostrich is woven around midge tubing
I designed the St.Vrain Caddis around 1982 after a caddis hatch that occurs on the St.Vrain River in Colorado. Since then I have caught fish on this pattern from the Beaverkill in the East to Hat Creek in California, and from Denmark to
Caddis flies also die and fall on the water making them an easy snack for any fresh water fish. You'd be well advised to have a few of these in various sizes in your caddis fly box. They work particularly well in glassy pools and backwaters.
It took me a while to design and create this pattern so that it works like the bug I was trying to imitate. It paid off because it works really well. When this insect leaves the case and wants to become an adult bug, it takes off from
I use CDC in this caddis imitation. It’s one of my favorites. It’s productive and it looks good in my tackle box. Since I use CDC in a lot of my flies, in this segment I talk about how to preserve it (CDC) after the
This is a pretty little fly. The small glass beads, commonly known as seed beads, are put on the inside on the body and is surrounded by thin layers of other materials so that the silver
This imitation of the Cased Caddis is really fun to tie. To understand this caddis, it carries its home with it. It makes its home built from various debris gathered from the stream
