Wet fly for Black Caddis...

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Very nice flies. I especially like the second one. You need to take a picture of the Isonychia nymph. That was very impressive as well as the woven nymphs that you had tied as well.

Hi,
I have two flies I use when black caddis are around. They are both wingless wets, and I find they are both very effective.

http://libstudio.com/FS&S/html/black_gnat.html

http://libstudio.com/FS&S/html/black_star_emerger.html

I will tie these in various sizes, usually the largest being a #14. The Black Gnat dressing calls for a red or claret head. If you think this is too bright for caddis, you can use black. I find it doesn't matter. The trout take it anyway.

Mark

Mark,

Very nice flies. I liked the first one the most and it's very similar to the one that I used this fall. I used a similar fly for the first dropper on my team of wets. The interesting thing is that I did not do well with this fly on neither an upstream or down and slightly across presentation. This was the one that got the most action when animated with the figure 8 hand twist retrieve which is quite deadly as Davy and others on this site can attest to. I think that the trout are actually rising to the caddis that are "dapping" the surface and hence the reason for the added animation taking numerous trout.

Aaron,
You are quite right regarding retrieve and the caddis. The old Hand-twist does the job quite nicely.

Mark

For sure, overall the most effective way to fish soft hackles during a caddis hatch is a combination of the continuous recovery of the line and the use of the rod tip to further animate the fly or flies.
Long rods also greatly facilitate this technique.

Davy.

Thanks, those are two deadly looking ties- I esp. like the Leisenring Black Gnat with the addition of the green wire, it just plain looks fishy.

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