Oct. Caddis Recipe

[steve98]

Headeing to Slate Run area next week.
Looking for and October Caddis receipe for that area.
All input well appreciated.

TY in advance
steve 98

 

[dryflyguy]

I've never fished october caddis in that area.
But I have run into them in central pa - on the little j and penns.
They're big - I tie them on #12 hooks.
My patterns are made fluttering caddis style:

sulpher orange body
brown deer hair
brown hackle collar

On the relatively few occasions when I have found fish taking them - which is usually right at dusk - they're slashing at them hard as they emerge, often coming completely out of the water. And I kinda doubt that an exact color match is critical

 

[NJTroutbum]

Click on the lonk for the Recipe and full tying video:

Tying the Chuck Caddis

 

[KGStine]

I'm not a tyer, but last October I was fishing Pine at Slate Run and purchased some October Caddis at Wolf's. They had a foam body and we're probably a size 8. I used them as an indicator with a nymph dropper. I drifted them down and across and then skittered them at the end of the drift. This generated some violent strikes especially in the riffles. I probably caught as many on the caddis as I did on the nymphs.
Good luck next week, weather doesn't sound great. I'm headed to Cedar Run tomorrow and hope to fish Pine next week.

 

[sandfly]

light orange body, tan wing, brown hackle. size 12-10's size 10's are hatching now.

 

[BradFromPotter]

orange stimulator

 

[outsider]

BradFromPotter, I'm with you, although my dubbing is a little toned down from orange and I eliminate the palmer hackle. I also like to use 200R hooks, which give a low profile.