As I re-read my fishing log, one fly did particularly well during spring and early-summer: a green Caddis Larva. Early-season trout, when I selectively stomach-sample a few, are usually absolutely chock-full of Caddis Pupae and Larvae. Nearly always, I see the light-green variety. You can really spend a lot of time on such a fly.
Category: Caddis
Lance Egan’s GTI Caddis
A fly I’m tying is the Egan GTI Caddis (video up top). I like the color contrasts, and I’ve found that Caddis is pretty abundant on nearly all waters that I fish. I’m tying them in size 18 and will use them as a dropper. I won’t be adding weight to them, as I like
Tried-and-True Emerger Patterns
I’m reloading the fly boxes with some tried-and-true patterns. Among them are the flashback WD-40 and the Caddis Emerger. I these days make the former in sizes 16 to 20. You can go down to size 32, but I don’t torture myself with that anymore! I add a strip of Krystal Flash and cover the
At the Bench: a Glass Caddis
Goofing around with glass and UV resin. #flytying #flyfishing A post shared by BlogFlyFishMA (@blogflyfishma) on Dec 29, 2016 at 6:52am PST I’ve crossed paths at rivers a few times with Court Prestia. He showed me an interesting fly with a glass body. Then, after reading this article, I’ve been goofing around with glass beads