Getting close to the goal of 20 caddis patterns, I gotta say it’s a cool collection of world class flies for caddis imitations this!
Number 16 – Rackelhanen
If te CDC and elk were simple with only two materials this is even simpler, only one material in the whole fly! A Swedish classic developed by Kenneth Boström many years ago it has caught so many big trouts and graylings in Scandinavia where it is one of the most known patterns. It is tied entirely out of poly yarn and when treated with flotant it will float forever!
Number 17 – The clown shoe caddis
Developed more recently the clown shoe caddis has all the attribute to make it a modern classic: it’s original, fishes well and features some profiled materials. Developed by Jay Zimmerman from the USA the fly was first named Boulder creek caddis but since being picked up by Umpaq fly company it is now named the Clown Shoe Caddis. Do you kn0w any pattern with more visibility than this one?
March 4th, 2013 at 19:08
How about a classic North-Country spider, like the Grouse and Orange, Greensleeves, Sedge-Fly, etc. :-)
March 26th, 2013 at 10:35
Thanks for the suggestion Steve! I am not really good at tying classic North-country spiders, or any other spiders for the matter. I think I’ll leave those to the ones who master it better than me :-)
March 28th, 2013 at 16:16
I’ll be tying some up soon and posting them. You can re-blog if you like. :-)