Autumn of the Rapid, part III

"D. LaCourse" wrote in message
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good stuff snipped

all this stuff about Harry's caddis, coupled with vision issues, got me to
thinking(always dangerous): have you tried small wets in the film? I can
think of a pattern that has worked very well for me as a caddis imitator.
Send me a note, specifying colors(I know we're talking smallish size), and
I'll send you some samples at some point over the winter.
Tom

On 2010-09-18 08:15:13 -0400, "Tom Littleton" said:


"D. LaCourse" wrote in message
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good stuff snipped

all this stuff about Harry's caddis, coupled with vision issues, got me to
thinking(always dangerous): have you tried small wets in the film? I can
think of a pattern that has worked very well for me as a caddis imitator.
Send me a note, specifying colors(I know we're talking smallish size), and
I'll send you some samples at some point over the winter.
Tom

When I was a boy (man, that was waaaaay long ago) we fished with dries,
wets, and streamers. Nymphs were something new, and anything *real*
small just wasn't available. I have fished wets in the film, without
weight and with a floating line. At times they are effective. Any
pattern you have tied for Penns shoul be good in Maine.

Harry's Killer Caddis is with a tan body, peacock herl at the thorax
and tan cdc wings.

Dave

"D. LaCourse" wrote in message
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Harry's Killer Caddis is with a tan body, peacock herl at the thorax and
tan cdc wings.

I have a few, sent back in the prototype days by Harry to me. Body is turkey
biot, is it not? I might make up a handful of tan #18 submergers for you,
and you can play with them. They should work as well as the CDC caddis, but
since fished on a tighter downstream line, following the fly is not
necessary, merely react to the strike.
Tom

On 2010-09-19 07:39:05 -0400, "Tom Littleton" said:


"D. LaCourse" wrote in message
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Harry's Killer Caddis is with a tan body, peacock herl at the thorax and
tan cdc wings.

I have a few, sent back in the prototype days by Harry to me. Body is turkey
biot, is it not? I might make up a handful of tan #18 submergers for you,
and you can play with them. They should work as well as the CDC caddis, but
since fished on a tighter downstream line, following the fly is not
necessary, merely react to the strike.
Tom

No, Tom. The body is made from Rainys Tube Bodiz material. However,
your submergers sound interesting. I won't be able to test them until
next May/June, however. I'll be fishing in Georgia this winter.

Dave

"D. LaCourse" wrote in message
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No, Tom. The body is made from Rainys Tube Bodiz material. However, your
submergers sound interesting. I won't be able to test them until next
May/June, however. I'll be fishing in Georgia this winter.

hell, at the rate I get to projects, you'll be lucky to see them all that
soon. Sometime over the winter, send me a snailmail address.
I'll have to take a look at what that Tube Bodiz stuff looks like, and go to
Harry's site and check out his pics of the current version. Like I said,
what I have is a few prototypes, which date back years......
Tom

On 2010-09-19 15:43:39 -0400, "Tom Littleton" said:


"D. LaCourse" wrote in message
news:2010091908471516807-davplac@aolcom...
No, Tom. The body is made from Rainys Tube Bodiz material. However, your
submergers sound interesting. I won't be able to test them until next
May/June, however. I'll be fishing in Georgia this winter.

hell, at the rate I get to projects, you'll be lucky to see them all that
soon. Sometime over the winter, send me a snailmail address.
I'll have to take a look at what that Tube Bodiz stuff looks like, and go to
Harry's site and check out his pics of the current version. Like I said,
what I have is a few prototypes, which date back years......
Tom

Harry's fly, Proven Killer Caddis
http://www.troutflies.com/category/Gen_Cadd_Dries.html

Something that I have noticed over the years, Tom, is that a "new" fly
is a great hit on the river. Back a few years, *the* fly was a
parachute PT or Hares Ear. The soft hackle PT I introduced two years
ago has remained a hit, along with other soft hackles.

Dave