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CADDIS FLIES CONSIDERED
Caddis Flies (Order Trichoptera) is second only to Mayflies in importance to fly fishing anglers at each stage of the egg, larva, pupa, adult and spinner life cycle. Found in mostly faster, and often, colder, waters. Tip: Organize fly boxes so all stages of the Caddis fly life cycle are easy to find.
Motor
Boat Caddis
The Motor Boat caddis
(Traveling Sedge) is a lake dwelling caddis that has an unusual hatching routine. Most
caddis swim to the surface and take flight from the water’s surface. This bug swims
to the surface and runs across the surface to the shore leaving a wake similar to a motor
boat. This is an obscure hatch for most anglers but some of you will know when and where
to use this fly. For those of us who know about the Motor Boat Caddis I carry this
pattern.
Amber Glass Bead Caddis-Wet/Pupa This pupa imitation is
constructed with a metal bead at the head of the fly followed by silver cored glass beads
for the body. The glass beads have dubbing combed over them to simulate the pupal shuck of
the ascending caddis and the silver core of the beads give off the sparkle. See
“Fishing the Glass Bead Caddis” elsewhere in this site.
Olive
Glass Bead Caddis-Wet/Pupa This pupa imitation is constructed with a metal
bead at the head of the fly followed by silver cored glass beads for the body. The glass
beads have dubbing combed over them to simulate the pupal shuck of the ascending caddis
and the silver core of the beads give off the sparkle. See “Fishing the Glass Bead
Caddis” elsewhere in this site.
White Glass
Bead Caddis-Wet/Pupa This pupa imitation is constructed with a metal bead at the head of the fly
followed by silver cored glass beads for the body. The glass beads have dubbing combed
over them to simulate the pupal shuck of the ascending caddis and the silver core of the
beads give off the sparkle. See “Fishing the Glass Bead Caddis” elsewhere in
this site.
Buzz Hackle--This pattern was designed by the
Powell family in the 1920s for an angler who could not catch a fish. He asked for a fly
with something from each of the flies his buddies were using ( Gray Hackle, Brown Hackle,
Renegade and who knows what else). A regionally popular "fore & aft"
fly. Definitely the fly of choice for those that can't make a selection!
Renegade -- The most recognized
"fore & aft" pattern. Fore & aft hackles give good buoyancy in rough
water and are equally effective when fished wet. This pattern in size #10 is used
for steelhead during late summer and early fall.
Sierra
Bright Dot -- Bright Dot -- A royal imposter
that deserves more attention. A very popular attractor dry fly in the Sierra Nevada of
California. It is a very effective fore & aft patterns that is unknown beyond the
eastern Sierras. "Double your hackles, double your chances."
Colorado King
-- Developed in 1971 by George Bodmer of Colorado
Springs, this excellent fly, while an attractor, also serves for caddis, stones and even
grasshoppers.
Cased Caddis
--There are numerous caddis larva in their debris
cases on the bottom throughout the season. If you have wondered why there is so much sand
and gravel in the stomachs of trout, caddis cases are the answer. Trout take them in the
drift or pick them off the rocks. Fish this one on the bottom.
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