kungfool Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Been having some incredible luck lately on the Bow using the following patterns . Anyone else using something similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I've used similar, with less luck though. I like the use of the shellback material. What sizes are you tying there? They look quite small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 I've used similar, with less luck though. I like the use of the shellback material. What sizes are you tying there? They look quite small. #14 and #16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryfly Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Net spinning caddis larvae are a fave trout food in our rivers. Instead of the shellback you might just try some Hard as Nails or head cement. I darken the backs with sharpie markers. Net spinning caddis larva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Net spinning caddis larvae are a fave trout food in our rivers. Instead of the shellback you might just try some Hard as Nails or head cement. I darken the backs with sharpie markers. Net spinning caddis larva Thx DryFly I will tie a few of those up as well. Do they work pretty good for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryfly Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yeah, work well in late spring through early summer and sometimes in winter. There are a lot of these net spinners in our rivers. I'd never hit the Crow without a few of these on board. KF .. the kicker with this pattern is the black lead head-thorax. Serves two purposes...imitates the body parts and gets the fly down. I've tied with two beads: one small and one larger ... or just with one lead bead and just used more darker material for the thorax. Funny part is that I decided to create this fly from scratch based on my pictures ... and was most pleased with the results and thinking I am some hot shot SOB for being so bloody inventive. HA HA HA. That is, until I did a search for net spinner patterns. The Europeans are all over the use of net spinner patterns and have some fancy ties. Do a search..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyangler Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Both of you show some nice caddis ties! Clive- I never would have thought of the pinkish ice dub until I saw your natural photo. Fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryfly Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Thanks FA. The natural colors are all over the map. And each individual has two or three color blends in the body section with the top being darker. Belly colors from near black..dk brown ... reddish..greenish ..bluish..pinkish and greeny-pinky cream....loads of color variation which reflect natural variations in one species...several species maybe. Male v female...age..food...natural surrounding colors (i.e. vegetation) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedy1 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Clive, I tied some of those Caddis up a few months ago and gave them a try out at Muir. They worked well especially in the evening. I figured if they didn't want to take them as a caddis they may willing to take them as a scud imitation although none of the fish would confirm that theory for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christofficer Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Nothing ever beats that pattern. Looks like you use mono rib.......I do too. I'm not sure if that's the way everyone ties them.... What kind of dubbing is that, if you don't mind sharing? Do you use thinskin or scudback for the shellback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I love the look that mono rib over the plastic gives. I've pumped the odd fish on the Bow and they've had caddis larva all year. Smaller ones in the winter (#18) and bigger ones now (#12-14). Seems like a staple in their diet this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfool Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Nothing ever beats that pattern. Looks like you use mono rib.......I do too. I'm not sure if that's the way everyone ties them.... What kind of dubbing is that, if you don't mind sharing? Do you use thinskin or scudback for the shellback? The body is just olive rabbit mixed with a little natural rabbit. The thorax is charcoal antron. Thinskin is what I use for the shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christofficer Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Cool, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DennisS Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi guy been a long time since I've been on your site. Very nice pattern looks a lot like a Chech nymph and they are supose to be really good. Tight Lines Always Dennis S NLFT&F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenHackle Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 What a coincidence! Those are working for me at the moment, too! I've been finding loads of these caddis creatures under rocks in fast current. About a size 16 with legs at the dark head and the greenish area smoother. I've been tying some with a green/black combination of dubbing and some with hare's ear grey/black dubbing. Ziploc shellback. Extra fine gold wire for segmentation. Not quite up to Kungfool's gold standard but appealing to fish nonetheless. Last week my hatchery chums inhaled these flies like coke off a mirror. Some things about flyfishing are the same, no matter where you live ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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