A variant of the Hatching Caddis from the other day, now with a Partridge Klinkhamer X-treme #14 hook and white foam to make it more visible. Also added some more CDC to make it come alive.
Trout
A good trout from earlier this summer, it was 30C outside and scorching hot, but the trout was hiding under some trees that cast a shadow over the river we were camping next to. Took a white/green CDC&Deer
Trout in the tunnel
I don’t own a car, so living in Oslo with access to public transportation I love the fact that places like this is available within a very short travel from downtown Oslo. The day was spent drinking coffee next to the stream, fishing for small trout with this quill & hackle pattern, but when I got to this tunnel (it goes underneath a road) I was stuck… I tried a lot of differnent midges and mayflies, but nothing would appear or be interested in anything. Then I put on a white/green variation of the CDC&Deer and instantly I had 3 trouts on: all taking just in the exit of this tunnel.
With all the foam you had to hit outside the patches of white, if not the fly was just hidden by it.
For rivers like this (if you get a 500g trout here it is big!) I bring my Sage TXL-F #1 and Click 1. A great combination to get out those #18/#22 with a 6x/7x tippet underneath branches and trees along the river.
Quill and Hackle
Hook: Mustad 94840 #18
Thread: Sheer 14/0 White
Tail: Soft hackle
Body: Hareline Turkey Biot Quills Lt. Olive
Wing: Whiting hackle
Yesterday I was out fishing for trout in a stream here in Oslo and this pattern got me some small trout, with a sage TXL-F #1 and 6x tippet it was a good saturday to go trout hunting! The mustad hook is really strong and solid for its sice (#18) and this pattern will occupy a row when I go for autumn fishing in september.
I don’t go for perfection in every fly I tie for fishing: if you look closely this one could have done with a better quill body, but when tying up a large batch I don’t really worry too much about small imperfections like this.
Hatching Caddis
Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #12 Barbless
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive
Wing: Deer Hair Olive , 2mm foam brown, CDC Olive
Hatching caddis with a strip of foam to split the wing: it will sit nice and low in the film and give a clear profile of wings. The added CDC in front of the deer hair will give impression of life. A pattern I haven’t fished, but I like the idea of it.
The split wing will give a very distinct profile
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