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Hot Creek Caddis

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Hook	TMC 100 #16-22
Thread	Uni-thread Gray 8/0
Body	Gray Superfine
Thorax	Gray Superfine
Wing	Coastal Deer Hair
Hackle	Grizzly Hackle

Hot Creek Caddis

The Hot Creek Caddis was designed by Eric Otzinger while he worked at Bob Marriott’s Fly Shop in the mid-90’s. Many fly tiers considered Eric to be one of the finest tiers in the world. Unfortunately, Eric passed away in 2014. His Hot Creek Caddis pattern is tied with a gray dubbing to represent the small gray sedge that frequents Hot Creek. The pattern is tied to smaller hook sizes of #16-22 and he leaves off any trailing shuck. This makes the pattern a true dry fly, which is required to fish the Hot Creek Ranch private waters. The gray colored pattern has also been successful on other slow-moving waters such as the Lower Owens and the Henry’s Fork.

The pattern can be modified to imitate mayflies, too. Changing the colorations to a pale yellow body and a grizzly dun hackle is a good choice to imitate Pale Morning Duns. Blue Wing Olives would utilize a dark olive body and a dark dun hackle. Even small green drakes could be imitated with a dark olive body and a grizzly yellow hackle.