The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Little Black Caddis, Caddis, October Caddis
Easy - 1-3 Min
Coldwater
You can get as realistic or as imaginative with this fly as you want. If you want a super realistic caddis pattern, try leaving the tail off, and getting some black deer hair to add along the collar for some short and stubby pupae legs. You can also substitute the body material for pheasant tail, or brown turkey tail for some mottling effects. If you choose to go this way, add some small black wire for durability. If you want a bright and flashy pattern, consider adding some small UTC mirage opal flash to the body. You can also add some partridge feather and tie it in as a soft hackle for some less realistic legs.
This fly represents a part of the caddis fly life that is often overlooked. As a larvae, most species of caddis produce silk and will spin cases made of collected rocks, bits of vegetation and sand to protect themselves and anchor down to the bottom of the river. Here it spends its life catching food and growing till it is ready to pupate into a free swimming pupa. This fly represents both larvae that might have become dislodged, and pupae that dislodge themselves to get rid of their cases. Use this fly as a super realistic searcher pattern to find trout holding along the bottom.
Fish this fly as close to the bottom as you can. Since this is where you want your fly, euro nymphing this fly can be extremely effective, as you can feel the bottom as you drift the fly. If fishing this under an indicator, or under a dry fly give this fly ample line to reach the bottom of 70%-90% of the holes that you’re going to be fishing. Make sure this fly is dead drifted without giving it much extra movement if at all, as caddisflies cant swim in this stage.
| General Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Caddis Sizes: #10 - #22
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West
Little Black Caddis Sizes: #14 - #20
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Region: Northwest
Little Black Caddis Sizes: #14 - #20
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Region: East, Midwest
Little Black Caddis Sizes: #14 - #20
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Region: Southeast
Little Black Caddis Sizes: #14 - #20
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest, East
October Caddis Sizes: #8 - #12
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