Corn Fed Caddis: Tying this Fly of Choice
A beefy, high floating dry fly fit for any water type.
September 28, 2011
By Lance Egan
The Corn Fed Caddis is a beefy, high floating dry fly fit for any water type. It utilizes the incredible floatation and fish catching abilities of CDC. Most CDC patterns are sparse and delicate, but the Corn Fed Caddis lives up to its name sporting a heavy CDC wing stacked with a hydrophobic poly yarn overwing for even more floatability. This linebacker at ballet class also uses CDC for the hackle. Throw this fly at selective spring creek browns or pocketwater pushovers, it works great for both!
This recipe is a tan version but you can adapt the body and CDC colors to your local hatches. Some shops sell good numbers of this pattern in olive as a Caddis/Baetis crossover pattern. Buy or build a few, get them high, dry and drag free!
HOOK : TMC 100 #12-18THREAD : Rusty dun Uni threadTAIL : PMD shuck antron yarnBODY : Tan superfine dubbingRIB : Rusty dun Uni threadWING : Natural dun CDCOVERWING : White over gray polyyarnHACKLE : Natural dun CDC in a thread loop (Petijean magic tool)
