Caddis

Widespread and common insects AKA sedges - or Trichoptera in Latin

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Little Foam Caddis

Aug 6. 2013
Hammer Creek Fly Fishing Ties a Little Foam Caddis
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Tube October Caddis Trout Fly

Jul 2. 2013
This fun video explores the October Caddis: one of the most fun flies to fish for trout and steelhead during the fall across the Western United States and BC.
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F&K Caddis

Jun 28. 2013
Emerger This caddis pattern has a great profile and an hot spot that can attract fish. It's been very successful for the originator, South African Korrie Broos.
See how to tie it here
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Deer Creek Caddis Larva

Jun 21. 2013
Caddis are found in almost every trout stream. Just turn over some rocks and you'll find the little worm like larva. Since they live on the bottom you need to get the fly to the bottom.
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The Super Pupa

Jun 18. 2013
Hatching With such a name a fly has to be good. And this one is. The Super Pupa is a killer pattern! Different, simple to tie, and very efficient.
Read the story and see how to tie it
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Brown Caddis

Jun 4. 2013
A slight variation of the Europea 12
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Double Legs

Jun 2. 2013
Leggy While browsing fly patterns on the web I found this interesting and buggy looking Swedish Caddis pattern, and discovered that its history actually traced back to a GFF seatrout pattern.
See how to tie it here
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McKenzie Caddis Wet Fly

May 12. 2013
The McKenzie Caddis emergence on the McKenzie River in Oregon can bring some of the best fish of the year to the fly.
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Spent Caddis

May 6. 2013
Fly Tying a Spent Caddis with Jim Misiura Spent caddis ride very low in the water, a hackle is not always required. From: Jim Misiura Views: 1
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Goddard Caddis

May 5. 2013
Detailed instructions for tying a Goddard Caddis.
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This fly is NOT called Europe!

Apr 24. 2013
Caddis The name of this renowned fly is Europea 12 - with an a in the end - oftentimes just called E-12. It's a true European classic, a great caddis imitation and even easy to tie.
See how to tie it here
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Catgut Caddis Pupa

Apr 13. 2013
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Cased Caddis

Feb 23. 2013
Beginners Fly Tying Series, Episode 10, Cased Caddis
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Duck's extended body

Feb 16. 2013
Body work Roger Duckworth shows an innovative and extremely easy technique to make durable extended bodies for mayflies, caddis, and stoneflies, and he shows a way of hackling the dry flies so that the hackle is under the body but above the hook so that it supports the fly more like the natural.
See how it's done here
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Bullethead Caddisfly

Jan 4. 2013
For this tutorial, I am demonstrating the process to tie Al & Gretchen Beatty's Bullethead Caddisfly.

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