Caddis - Dries:
The caddis fly is a staple throughout all northeastern streams and rivers as well as in the Rockies.
Nowhere more do we see these aquactic insects than on the Upper Delaware River in the Catskills.
If you look under rocks in the the riffly areas of the area in a foot to two feet of water, you'll see thousands of cased caddis
which cling and burrow under rocks to become grannoms (shad fly) and apple caddis in late April and throughout May.
If I only had to choose from two fly patterns in May for caddis, they would be Gary LaFontaine's Emergent Sparkle Pupa and Ralph Cutter's
E/C (Emergent Cripple) Caddis - both featured below. Both patterns have absolutely been winners on our wild trout on the Big D.
Below are a few photos of some of my hand tied dry fly patterns that have been very productive on the Upper Delaware River and West Branch
of the Delaware River throughout the past twenty one years that I've offered half day and full day river charters using a McKenzie driftboat
in the Catskill / Pocono region of New York State and Pennsylvania.
My daily river fishing blog can be accessed
here
and articles about my guide service along with this great resource can be accessed here.
I will add more flies throughout the winter months of 2016.
All of my hand tied flies are provided to my fishing clients free of charge since I want YOU to have the best success
on your river fishing trip and hatches will change throughout the spring, summer and fall.
Depending on the size of fly, the diameter of the tippet size should compliment the size of the fly and
your leader should be at least nine feet long with about two feet of tippet material.
A general rule is usually:
Flies size 18 through 22: 6x / Flies size 14 through 16: 5x / Flies size 10 through 14: 4 or 5x.
My flies are also for sale as well. Simply contact me by email, text or voice if you have any questions.
References from satisfied customers are available and, yes, these flies produce not only on the Upper Delaware River and Catskill streams but
have fooled wild trout all over the world!
Tent Caddis - #12, #14, #16
Pumpkin Caddis - #10, #12
Snowshoe Caddis - #12, #14, #16
ESP - #12, #14, #16
E/C Caddis - #12, #14, #16
Delaware Caddis - #12, #14, #16