The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Caddis, October Caddis
Medium - 5-7 Min
Coldwater
There isn’t much you can do to this fly that isn’t already in the pattern recipe. It’s got a nice soft hackle, some flash with the glass bead, and it’s a generally buggy fly. If you want to add a little extra shine, a turn or two of some silver tinsel underneath the glass bead will shine it up. For a bushier wing, consider adding a turn or two of partridge feather in front of the CDC.
This is a great realistic caddis pattern that uses a part of the caddis emergence that is over looked by most tyers, the air sac needed to float to the surface. This is what the glass bead in the butt of the fly is imitating. This little bit of shimmer will also act as a little bit of flash to lure fish in.
This is a great fly to use as a dropper behind a high floating caddis dry during medium to heavy hatches. The shimmer in the butt of this fly will attract trout attention to the fly even with naturals swimming around. Since caddisflies are some of the more active flies in the water column and on the surface of the water, don’t worry about getting that perfectly dead drift, as a little motion might entice a strike.
| General Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Caddis Sizes: #10 - #22
|
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Region: West, Northwest, East
October Caddis Sizes: #8 - #12
|
Sign up for full access to the Learning Center
and all the FlyBrary Content.
payment methods accepted
Copyright © 2003 – 2025 MidCurrent LLC, All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2003 – 2025 MidCurrent LLC, All Rights Reserved.