On 3 Nov 2003 21:50:33 GMT, Stephen Welsh
wrote:

Hi All,

Heading off to Taswegia again over summer ... last year experienced
some good stick caddis emergences on one lake had some good success
with CDC and Elk in a 14 fished actively - twitched, dragged under to
resurface etc. This year I'd like to be somewhat prepared (I
expected to use the CDC and Elk in Dun hatches and take some
wetter emergers with me ... any style suggestions for lakes?

I'm thinking LaFontaines Deep Pupa tied to fish shallow and the
Emergent Pupa. Caddis in lakes are a bit of a novelty to me.


Steve


Most of the stuff in the books I have concern caddis in moving water.
You might check out Brian Chan's book on stillwater trout fishing --
don't know how applicable it'll be to Tas though. Otherwise, try some
generic caddis patterns. Especially look at some EHC and practice
skittering at dusk. I've watched adults run to shore and I'm amazed
at the distance they'll cover and the speed they'll generate.

http://www.lucidcentral.com/keys/lwr...html/about.htm

both Limnephilidae and Leptoceridae are known to have stillwater
species in Oz so they might be worth a crack.

I used to do a lot of stillwater fishing years ago and I often had
success with panfish and small bass on a slowly stripped P&O.



Peter

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