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Opal X caddis

Materials needed: Hook: Standard dry fly hook sizes #14-18. I'm using a Mustad 94840 size #18. Thread: UNI-thread 8/0 tan. I am using a gel spun thread in white. Tail/shuck: Amber or tan Z-lon are the most popular. Green has worked well for me. Body: Small pearl tinsel wrapped over the butt ends of the shuck. Wing: Deer or elk hair. Place your hook in your vise. Start your thread. Tie in your tinsel. Leave the butt end of the tinsel long. It should come up just short of the hook eye. Tie in…

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Caddis Flies

Peter Steen on Instagram: "Size 16 Improved X-caddis from @craigmathewsyellowstone with @blueribbonflies X-caddis deer hair. #flyfishing #flytying #atthevise #tyingflies #troutfishing #troutflies #dryfly #dryordie #caddis #caddisfaction #xcaddis"

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Naturalistic Fly Fishing Lures

Adult Cadisfly

caddisfly, (order Trichoptera), any of a group of mothlike insects that are attracted to lights at night and live near lakes or rivers. Because fish feed on the immature, aquatic stages and trout take flying adults, caddisflies are often used as models for the artificial flies used in fishing. Adult caddisflies are commonly 3 to 15 millimetres (0.118 to 0.590 inch) in length. Their anterior wings usually range from 4 to 20 millimetres in length, providing wing spans of 8 to 40…

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Galloup's Downed Caddis - Galloup's Slide Inn

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Step by Step: Yellow Glass Caddis Pupa - Fly Tying

Hi guys, Here is another nymph that I love to have in my box when I go for fishing in June and July. In some parts like in Italy, this model works from end of April. Is fun to tie, a little bit demanding when the body is made but is very effective. Materials: Hook Continue Reading

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Low Rider CDC & Elk Caddis

This item ships directly from the manufacturer via postal service. Please ensure your SHIP TO address is an address that accepts postal delivery. Cannot be shipped outside the US. Express shipping/gift wrapping not available.

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New Fly Patterns - RiverKeeper Flies

Here are a few new fly patterns I've added recently. Check out the pictures and links to fly pattern sheets.

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Simple Foam Caddis Tying Tutorial

PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Simple Foam Caddis is the best floating, easy to see caddis pattern that is simple to tie and simply catches fish. I’ve had tremendous luck during the Mother’s …

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Two Caddis Patterns for Every Situation - Fly Fisherman

Two caddis patterns for every situation, Butch and Goober.

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Caddisfly life cycle

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It's The One Fly in which we put all our confidence | Seite 10

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Elk hair caddis tying instructions

Elk hair caddis tying instructions by Barry Ord Clarke

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Basic Fly Fishing Entomology | The Bugs You Need to Know & Must Have Flies - Minturn Anglers

Fly Fishing Entomology is one of the many things in fly fishing that has been WAY over complicated. Fly fishing entomology really boils down to a 3rd grade science quiz. Don’t make it more complicated then it needs to be! Though this is over simplified and we will not cover the various species in each […]

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Realistic Fly Patterns

Greatest fly fishing trout #flyfishingtrout Greatest fly fishing trout #flyfishingtrout

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northern-case-maker-caddisfly | caddisflies | Insects | Gallery

Northern Case Maker caddisfly

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Caddisfly Lifecycle (with diagram) - Cool Water Bug - Jake's Nature Blog

A caddisfly lifecycle is similar to other aquatic insects lifecycle with both a nymph stage and adult stage with wings. Here is an overview along with a simple diagram of this aquatic bug’s lifecycle. I’ve been so caught up in bugs lately because, along with birds, they are one of the animals that are everywhere […]

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The Case of the Cased Caddis- Davy Wotton

“Two tips l will give you is not too make the patterns too flashy, black and copper beads are good if you use them. 2nd reverse rib the fly body with peacock herl or ostrich herl, this adds m…

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Insects of Britain and Ireland: Trichoptera families - Limnephilidae Kol.

Description of Limnephilidae Kol., generated from a DELTA database.

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Caddisfly Illustration

This is an adult caddis fly. There are not a lot of caddis flies on Pinterest. Maybe that will change when I get through with this. Image courtesy of: http://www.scientificillustrator.com/illustration/insect/caddisfly.html

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