White Miller Caddis

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White Miller Caddis

Post by flyfud1 » Sat May 07, 2016 7:32 pm

Some White Miller Caddis for the Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, mid-June 2016.
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Hook: Syl Nemes Raised Eye Soft Hackle Wet Fly, Gaelic Supreme, size 13 & 15
Thread: Uni 8/0 Chartreuse
Silk: Persall's light olive
Dubbing: Nature's Spirit Emergence Dubbing, cream color spun on silk using a Clark dubbing block
Hackle: Partridge
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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by hankaye » Sat May 07, 2016 8:13 pm

flyfud1, Howdy;

You Sir, tye some beautiful Flymph style flies hope they help you 'catch' more then 'fish' ;) .

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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by Johnno » Sun May 08, 2016 3:27 am

Nice looking hook. Not one I'm familiar with
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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by tie2fish » Sun May 08, 2016 7:04 am

Very nicely tied. Those look a lot like what Blue Ribbon Flies suggests for the Firehole. Rendezvous was there in June in 2014 and we killed with similar patterns.
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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by Smuggler » Sun May 08, 2016 8:09 am

Johnno wrote:Nice looking hook. Not one I'm familiar with
The hook is sold by Gaelic Supreme if you're interested in checking them out.
http://www.belvoirdale.com/Welcome.html

This is a fantastic looking fly.
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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by William Anderson » Sun May 08, 2016 9:19 am

Nicely done. I like this combination. The "Emergence" dubbing is new to me, but it really looks great on this pattern. Man, I'd love to be fishing that hatch next month. Have a great time.
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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by Eric Peper » Sun May 08, 2016 9:45 am

tie2fish wrote:Very nicely tied. Those look a lot like what Blue Ribbon Flies suggests for the Firehole. Rendezvous was there in June in 2014 and we killed with similar patterns.
Blue Ribbon wishes theirs were as nicely done as these!! :D

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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by letumgo » Sun May 08, 2016 10:20 am

Marvelously balanced pattern Charlie. The proportions and color choices are so well done. These will serve you well in Yellowstone.

They make me daydream of fishing the stretch below Biscuit Basin...
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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by zen leecher » Sun May 08, 2016 11:48 am

letumgo wrote:Marvelously balanced pattern Charlie. The proportions and color choices are so well done. These will serve you well in Yellowstone.

They make me daydream of fishing the stretch below Biscuit Basin...
Post the results of how your white miller soft hackles do. We were further up on the Firehole and had a mixed hatch of PMDs and white millers. I couldn't figure out which the fish wanted so fished a two fly rig of both.
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Re: White Miller Caddis

Post by Eric Peper » Sun May 08, 2016 12:59 pm

zen leecher wrote:
letumgo wrote:Marvelously balanced pattern Charlie. The proportions and color choices are so well done. These will serve you well in Yellowstone.

They make me daydream of fishing the stretch below Biscuit Basin...
Post the results of how your white miller soft hackles do. We were further up on the Firehole and had a mixed hatch of PMDs and white millers. I couldn't figure out which the fish wanted so fished a two fly rig of both.
Very often -- very, very often -- on both the Firehole and upper Madison, you'll get simultaneous emergences of the PMDs and the caddis, and the maddening thing (just to keep it all interesting) is I've seen the fish focus on PMD spinners (almost invisible in the biomass on the water) at the same time. When that happens you can go through a helluva lotta tippet in a very short period. Sometimes I just go home and fish the "easy" Henry's Fork. :D

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