Caddisflies

Olive Caddis Paralyzer Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Ribbing palmered with Wingpost Underwing Wing Hackle Sloan’s Caddis Paralyzer David Sloan is a fly fishing guide and fly tier based at American Fly Shop in Sacramento, CA. Many of his patterns are marketed through Umpqua Feather Merchants and distributed throughout the…

Partridge Caddis Emerger Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Downwing and Wingpost Hackle Partridge Caddis Emerger This is a generic emerger pattern designed by Hans Weilenmann of Netherlands. The pattern uses the same feather or hackle for both the downwing and the wingpost. The parachute hackle supports the fly…

St. Vrain Caddis, Yellow Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Wing Hackle St. Vrain Caddis This pattern was designed by A.K. Best while trying to match the caddis hatch on the St. Vrain River in front of John Gierach‘s house. The St. Vrain is a river west of Lyons, Colorado in…

X Caddis, Olive Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Shuck Wing X-Caddis The X-caddis was originated by Craig Matthews and John Juracek of West Yellowstone, Montana around 1980. Inspiration According to Matthews, however, the inspiration came from his wife, Jackie: “A bit of fly design history here. While John and I…

Schroeder’s Parachute Caddis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Post Wing Hackle Schroeder’s Parachute Caddis This is a pattern designed by Ed Schroeder of Fresno, CA in the early 1970’s. Ed’s home waters are the Kings River of the Sierra Nevada. Ed applied a calf hair wingpost to many patterns…

Klinkhamer Special, Tan Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wingpost Hackle tied off with Klinkhamer Special Dutch fly fisherman and fly tier, Hans Van Klinken, came up with this pattern in 1984 along the Glomma River in Norway. He noticed that most of the graylings were being caught with…