The fly of the month for February is a buggy looking caddis pupa from the folks at Hammer Creek. You will need the following materials:
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The grannom caddis, often referred to as the apple caddis will be making the scene on local streams very shortly in our region. Here’s a informative article from the Orvis News about this bug
http://www.orvis.com/news/fly-fishing/american-grannom-genus-brachycentrus-springtime-gem/
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We all run into situations when there spent caddis on the water. Here’s an easy to tie pattern with only three materials including the thread. You can modify body material and wing colors to match the hatches that you fish.
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With the arrival of the trout season most of a trout's feeding will involve nymphs, and many of those will be caddis. This "peeping" caddis pattern has proven to be a good bet. It is a simplified version of a LaFontaine pattern tied by Ken Tutalo of the Baxter House. The abdomen consists of up to a dozen turkey tail fibers, depending on hook size, twisted into a rope. The body hackle is tied palmer style. This is a good opportunity to use those large hackles around the bottom of a neck since they are going to be trimmed down to about an eighth of an inch or so. This trimming is done after the hackle has been tied on. Counter wrap the wire to make the hackle more bullet proof.
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January's fly of the month is a hot spot nymph. Hot spot flies were developed by tiers from eastern Europe to give trout an enticement, something that would trigger trout who may not otherwise pay attention, to take notice of a fly.
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Light Cahill & "Orange" Cahill
The photos and these recipes were submitted by Joe Rist. The light cahill is an important fly in this region and usually begins to appear around mid June and will occur well into August. If you are fishing a tailwater you are more likely to find light cahills in the lower section since they apparently do not favor the colder water.
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