Tag: caddis

Matt from Savage Flies shows the steps for an Apple Green Caddis Emerger, a pattern that is popular among anglers fishing Great Smoky Mountains National Park (and other places, of course). "Another fly pattern popular the Great Smoky Mountains, the Apple Green Caddis Emerger is an excellent spring pattern to try whenever the green caddis flies are out. This...

This week’s Loon Live focuses on two different October caddis patterns: the Great Pumpkin and DEA (Dead Emerger Adult). “As we get deeper into fall it's easy to lament the loss of summer, and the inevitable arrival of winter. But take heart! Trout are still willing to move, and even rise, for October Caddis. That can mean lights out fishing, and one...

"For this month's episode of Five Flies, we're excited to welcome Umpqua Signature Fly Designer Landon Mayer into the fold. With flows dropping and prolific hatches occurring throughout the state, we're experiencing some truly fantastic fishing on freestones and tailwaters alike. Expect to encounter Golden Stones, Tricos, Yellow Sallies, Drakes, PMDs, and...

Twice each day, every trout stream in the world turns into a black-and-white movie. This happens just before the sun rises in the morning — and just after it slides under the western ridges in the evening. In my mind, this happens only in summer, when I’m up early to find trout finning in quiet backwaters and poking their noses out of the thick, gummy...

'I know, I know, cased caddis don’t have tails, but I figure the tail can’t hurt and maybe the fly could do double duty as a mayfly nymph," says Tim Flagler of his Corded Cased Caddis, for which corded Antron dubbing results in a wonderful lifelike look.  He ties this one on a Lightning Strike JF2 jig hook.

Leave it to the French to coin a nifty phrase for dusk: entre chien et loup, “between the dog and the wolf,” the transition zone between day and night, between furry family pet Fido and dagger-toothed predator. It’s my handsdown absolute favorite time to be on the river. A sense of mystery hangs over the whole scene. As the sun lowers toward the...

This super simple fly has been a moneymaker in the Black Hills this last season. The chartreuse and black version works great, but you can tie this pattern in any variety of color combinations. Great weight fly or point fly on a Czech nymph rig. Super durable and easy tie! "This is Ryan from Dakota Angler and Outfitter and today we're going to be tying a...

Have a question you want answered? Email it to us at [email protected]. Question: What is the best thing to do when a caddis hatch is coming off and a feeding frenzy is on, but the river is full of bubbles and the caddis are a size 18's or 20's and you can't see your fly very well, although you dry up about every fourth cast? The Birddog, via email...

Tim Flagler demonstrates how to tie a simple Green Caddis Larva pattern. Caddis larvae are an easily overlooked but important part of a trout's diet on many streams and rivers. Green caddis in particular are often found in fast riffles in small- to medium-sized streams.

An evening of drift-boat dry fly fishing during a caddis hatch, with Mark Raisler and Ben Hardy from Headhunters Fly Shop on the Missouri River in Craig, MT.