LaFontaine Caddis Emerger

Hook: Tiemco 100 or 101 - standard dry fly hook

Size: 16-18

Thread: 8/0 olive

Trailing Shuck: Tan Antron

Underbody: Olive Antron dubbing

Overbody: Tan Antron yarn

Emergent Wing: Deer hair or elk hair

Legs: Hungarian Partridge

Collar: Ostrich herl, brown

Notes: Caddis were a mystery to me in many ways until I read Gary's book which came out in the mid-1980s. This pattern has proven to be genuine hatch buster for me and it will have your friends wondering why you are catching fish and they are not. Adjust the colors to match the species.

 

This fly pattern is excerpted from Fly Fishing the Solidtude-Montana and also appears in Gary's book Caddisflies available from www.thebookmailer.com.