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Fly Tying Corner: 'Mother's Day' caddis
Caddis Pattern Recipe
Materials List
Hook: Firehole 633, size 16-18
Thread: 14/0 Veevus
Training Shuck: Caddis amber zylon
Abdomen: Dark olive squirrel SLF
dubbing
Under Wing: Natural CDC puff in dark
pardo
Over Wing: Hungarian partridge
Thorax: Ice dub, peacock
Hackle: Whiting grizzly dyed dun saddle
Tying Instructions:
Tying instructions and steps are published
in video form, and can be found on the
Sunriver Anglers Facebook page at www.
facebook.com/SunriverAnglers/, or at the
following YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/
FzUNmdygW7c
By Phil Fischer
With Mother’s Day around the corner, it
seems timely to focus on an event happening
around its namesake – the Mother’s Day caddis hatch. I target this profuse, early season
hatch each year on the Crooked River.
Henry’s Fork caddis is one of the better
imitations I have tried to create. As usual, I
have made subtle adaptations to the original.
Trout can’t resist this pattern when the
Grannom, also known as the Mother’s Day
caddis, begin hatching on the Crooked River.
The Crooked River plays host to this hatch
from early May to early June. Precise timing
varies from year-to-year and is dependent on
the weather. The hatch is beginning in earnest
right now.
The Mother’s Day caddis is often referred to
as an American Grannom or a Brachycentrus
americanus. It is also confused with Brachycentrus occidentalis.
Not being an entomologist or expert in
Latin names, I know this fly as a Mother’s Day
caddis. It is dark olive/gray in color, and which
trout eat in enormous quantities during the
hatch. That makes it a prime hatch to target
for the next few weeks.
The Mother’s Day caddis pattern is designed
to catch fish. The trailing shuck gives an impression of an insect having difficulty fully
hatching and that it is crippled, a trigger alarm
for hungry trout. The abdomen matches the
coloration to imitate the natural. The under-
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wing has excellent flotant properties, and the overwing has the
exact coloration of the natural.
Lastly, the thorax of peacock ice
dub and trimmed saddle hackle
causes this pattern to float low
in the water, leaving it vulnerable to a waiting trout.
Cast this pattern just above
rising trout and let the fly
dead-drift toward the rise form.
If you are not raising fish, try
a smaller or larger size. Or alternatively, impart some subtle
movement on your fly with
slight wiggles of a raised rod tip.
Ideally, you don’t want to do
much more than twitch the fly.
Often trout key in on fly movement and this technique can
mean the difference between a
take and a refusal.
Experiment with this pattern
during the caddis hatch on the
Crooked River.
If you have questions or
would like additional information about the pattern, please
email me. Or, if you have
suggestions on future patterns
to feature in this column, I
welcome your input. I can be
reached at philfischer@sbcglobal.net.
The Lower Deschutes River:
Stoneflies and beyond
By Rynie Miyashiro
The Deschutes River runs
through the heart of Central
Oregon and the High Desert.
The lower 100 miles of the
Deschutes River is an amazing
blue ribbon tailwater fishery
that takes time to learn and
unlock its secrets.
Please join the Sunriver Anglers members as they welcome
Paul Snowbeck as their April 1
guest speaker.
Snowbeck is a lifelong angler
with a focus on the Lower
Deschutes and Metolius rivers.
In his presentation, Snowbeck
will show guests how to reduce their learning curve and
will highlight key seasons and
techniques to focus on while
fly fishing.
Snowbeck is the store manager of Fin & Fire Fly Fishing
Store in Redmond. He also is
a fishing guide.
Whether it’s the famous
stonefly hatches of May, the
abundant caddis hatches of
Paul Snowbeck
June or lesser-known hatches
and fishing tactics, the Lower
Deschutes should be enjoyed
and appreciated by all anglers.
Sunriver Anglers invite club
members, their friends and
community members to the
club’s Wednesday, April 1 meeting at SHARC in Sunriver.
Note that this month’s meeting will return to the spring/
summer schedule with doors
opening at 5:15 p.m. The
presentation will begin at 5:30
p.m. There will be several items
for raffle at $1 a ticket, and
refreshments are served. Admission is free.
For more information, visit
sunriveranglers.org
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