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  1. Fly Tying
    My apologies...was experiencing technical difficulties..... Here are the instructions for making the Broomstick Caddis..... Have a great season.... Sincerely John Wilson...
  2. Fly Tying
    I developed this caddis on the Beaverkill in the early 80's....it works well in Ontario and I am sure you would like to make some up....calf hair is a great wing material and floats like a cork..I have been working on a blog to show how to make and fish it.... here is the blog...... John...
  3. Member Classifieds
    Float Tubes (2) - Caddis Navigator II Good Condition $70 each or $125 for pair Contact seller for questions. Scott W. (509) 989-1694 Moses Lake, WA
  4. Member Classifieds
    Caddis flippers 2 pair $20 ea or $4 if you pick up ship cost over $17 to ship
  5. Member Classifieds
    As new condition. Also have a like new round tube that needs a ring bladder. By Idaho bagmaker.
  6. Fly Tying
    Here's a caddis pattern thats popular in Scandinavia whenever there are caddis flies on the water. My variant utilizes the barbules on the CdC feather to give some extra spice to the fly. I have fished this pattern for a couple of seasons, and its becoming one of my favorite caddis patterns...
  7. Fly Tying
    Pretty basic stuff here; change color/size to suit your needs. hook -Dai Riki 280 #8 thread - Danville 6/0 black abdomen - dubbing olive legs/wingcase - pheasant rump dyed olive thorax/head - peacock herl mash barb, start thread at 50% mark, wrap to bend dub thread/dub abdomen invert...
  8. Fly Tying
    More from the B.C. man of mystery. Change color/size to suit your needs; weight is optional. hook - Dai Riki 280 #8 thread - Uni 8/0 olive rib - Uni Floss olive abdomen - Ice Dub hare's ear legs/shellback - pheasant tail thorax - Sunburst Dubbing (Dungeon's Ice Dub) - olive wings - mallard...
  9. Fly Tying
    Hey gents this would be a swap with 7 total participants. Responsible for 2 flies of 1 pattern, 12 total. Don't be caught on the river with out some pupa as the fish key on the pupa for the longest time of any stage of O.C. Fast turn around. Can we tie these in two weeks? 1.john gates- Oct...
  10. Fly Tying
    Based on John Newbury's version of a Missing Link/tilt-wing; replaced the sparkle braid butt with foam for buoyancy. hook - Dai Riki 135 #12 thread/body - UTC 140 tan core - 7lb mono abdomen - 1 mm foam tan thorax shuck - pheasant aftershaft wing - deer hair thorax - Zelon dubbing hydropsyche...
  11. Entomology
    Hi Roger, Most lakes I fish in Washington have a little black caddis. Some are seen fluttering up and down by the shore while other lakes have a good evening hatch across the lake. They seem to average around 1/2" and appear to be dark brown to black....
  12. Fly Tying
    Found this deer hair loop-dubbed, foam-assisted Goddard Caddis variation on a Russian site. hook - Dai Riki 280 #12 thread - Danville 6/0 tan body - deer hair/1mm foam tan legs - Mearns quail (any well-marked feather will work) head - 1 mm foam mash barb, start thread, create a loop clean a...
  13. Fly Tying
    Found this neat vid Not a fan of needle body construction any more but the liked the results; easy enough to translate it to Carnage style. Tied here as a hydropsyche; change color/size to suit your needs. hook - Dai Riki 135 #16 thread - MFC 8/0 sand core - 10 lb mono egg sac - Uni-stretch...
  14. Member Classifieds
    Selling Caddis float tube/flippers/life jacket. No longer used, but in great condition! Asking $50 for all.
  15. Fly Tying
    hook - Dai Riki 320 #12 thread - UTC 140 tan (body)/MFC 8/0 brown body - deer hair hackle - grizzly dyed olivish brown (1tbs Rit Camel/1 cup water)/partridge Playing around with a new (for me) Rit color, thinking it would yield a deep tan; ended up with the olive brown (2 minutes in the...
  16. Fly Tying
    Found a pic on the interweb; unfortunately no info so I don't know who to credit. Elements of a soft-hackled Stimi, Henryville, Hemingway. hook - TMC 5212 #12 thread - MFC 8/0 sand abdomen - Zelon dubbing hydropsyche body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2) wing - woodduck flank thorax - Ice...
  17. Fly Tying
    Tied here as a hydropsyche; change color/size to suit your needs. hook - Dai Riki 320 #16 thread - MFC 8/0 sand body - Zelon dubbing hydropsyche wing - mallard flank hackle - brown cast grizzly mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, wrap to point above barb dub thread/dub body to 2/3 mark...
  18. Fly Tying
    Found a pic of a winged/hackled LaFontaine-like emerger doing an interweb search. Switched out the EHC wing for the split version; next one will utilize Congo Hair instead. My thanks to Messrs. LaFontaine, Quigley and Troth. hook - Dai Riki 135 #14 thread - Uni 8/0 tan gas bubble - Antron...
  19. Entomology
    While I don't have a picture of what I assume was an adult Northern Caddis (seen on the surface of a Puget Sound Lowland lake and ginger colored as it worked its wings into shape), what I'm interested in is the color of the pupa form. I've been snooping all kinds of books and across the...
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