Dry FlyintermediateNortheast & Mid-Atlantic
Connecticut River Caddis
$6.50
Available Sizes#12 - #18
Color Variations
TanOliveGrayGinger
New Hampshire's state motto is 'Live Free or Die,' and the caddisflies on the Connecticut River have taken this to heart. They hatch in clouds so thick you can taste them, and every brown trout in the river rises with the abandon of someone who has just been told the buffet is closing. This sparse, low-riding pattern was refined for the educated fish that have seen every Elk Hair Caddis variation known to man and rejected most of them. The down-wing silhouette and minimal hackle sit in the film where picky trout expect their caddis to be. Dead drift it through the evening hatch and try not to set the hook on every rise within twenty feet of your fly.
Quick Facts
TypeDry Fly
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSpring, Summer
Target SpeciesBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Sizes#12 - #18
Best LocationsConnecticut River, NH; Androscoggin River, NH
Where to Fish It
Connecticut River
NH · Freestone River
Androscoggin River
NH · Freestone River
Map unavailable. Locations for Connecticut River Caddis: Connecticut River, NH; Androscoggin River, NH
You Might Also Like
Dry FlybeginnerBattenkill Adams
$5.50Northeast & Mid-Atlantic
#12 - #20
Classic Adams pattern optimized for Vermont's legendary Battenkill River. Grizzly and brown hackle with a gray dubbed body creates the universal mayfly silhouette for notoriously selective Green Mountain trout.
Standard GrayParachuteLight Cahill VariantOlive
Brown Trout · Brook Trout
SprSumFallWin
View Details →
Dry FlybeginnerParachute Adams
$2.95Rocky Mountain West
#12 - #22
Tied by Andy Carlson
The universal dry fly. Grizzly hackle, white post, dubbed body. If you cannot identify the hatch, tie on an Adams.
Standard GrayFemale (yellow egg sac)
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout · Mountain Whitefish
SprSumFallWin
View Details →
Dry FlybeginnerElk Hair Caddis
$2.95Rocky Mountain West
#12 - #18
Tied by Chris Krueger
Al Troth's iconic caddis imitation. Elk hair wing, palmered hackle. Floats like a cork in fast water.
TanOliveBlack
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout
SprSumFallWin
View Details →
Dry FlyintermediateSparkle Dun
$3.50Rocky Mountain West
#14 - #22
Craig Mathews' flush-floating mayfly emerger. Deer hair wing, trailing Z-lon shuck. Sits in the film like a natural.
OliveTanGrayRusty
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout
SprSumFallWin
View Details →
Dry FlyintermediateComparadun
$3.50Rocky Mountain West
#12 - #22
Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi's no-hackle mayfly. Deer hair wing fans 180 degrees over a dubbed body. Deadly on flat water.
OliveTanCreamGray
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout
SprSumFallWin
View Details →
Dry FlybeginnerAdams
$3.50Great Lakes
#12 - #20
The most famous dry fly in American history, created on the banks of the Boardman River in Michigan. Grizzly and brown hackle, gray dubbed body. The attractor dry that passes for nearly any mayfly.
Standard GrayParachute (white post)
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Brook Trout
SprSumFallWin
View Details →