In article , Peter Charles
writes
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.

Hi Peter,

Once, when fishing on a small put and take stillwater in the UK where
there was a catch limit of four fish, I decided to have some fun and
fished a deer-hair sedge pattern which had the hook cut off )not just
barbless - hookless). The reason for this was I didn't want to catch
anything at the time as this would have meant killing the catch and
after four fish I would have to leave.

The strategy was to cast far and strip the floating fly back as fast as
possible creating a big wake. The follows I got were phenomenal and the
bow waves set up were indeed remarkable, Those fish were really moving.

Fished normally, a deer hair or elk hair sedge tweaked on the surface
can attract fish from the deep with excellent catch rates.

Regards,
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk