Interesting I've had good luck on trout lakes attracting fish to chase and
hit when caddis flies hovering about laying their eggs, but not to many
rises.

Yes I used to fish the neversink skater on the East branch of the Delaware
flat water with luck on windy days.

That streaking caddis is one I must try though. I've never fished diving
caddis either, and don't know too much about them except that they dive to
the bottom to lay their eggs there is an imitation for them. perhaps it's a
wet fly.



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"G. J. Z." wrote in
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Hello all I've been hanging round reading but this is my
second
post.



Deer hair skaters



I remember seeing these in a Lee Wolfe book I was browsing
one
time I been working on them they fish fine.

Anyone ever fished skaters they are usually made with over
sized
stiff hackle but its hard to get any more because the hackle
now
days are very good but smaller sized.



You could really get a rainbow interested you skate and dance
it
across the surface. It's effective at times.





Link to flies

http://www.savepic.com/freepictureho...s.php?i=486284
&img=lones
kater.jpg



http://www.savepic.com/freepictureho...s.php?i=486283
&img=skate
r1.jpg







I have a few that I keep in a Sucrets tin in my vest. Neversink
Skaters invented by Edward Ringwood Hewitt. I tied mine with
Badger hackle. The best day I had with them was on Falling
Springs Creek in Chambersburg, PA. There were Butterflies all
over the place so I tied on a skater and started catching
trout.
rt