Solano Fly Fishers
 
Cased Caddis 
 
   
     
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Head: 		 6X Long
Black
Lead Wire
Body Peacock Herl
Palmered Brown Saddle Hackle, Clipped Short
Copper Wire, Used to Bind Everything Down and Provide Some Protection for the Fragile Peacock Herl
A Narrow Band of Light Gray Dubbing, Followed by Black Dubbing, Well Picked Out 
 
The pattern for this fly came from the fine book by Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen, Flies for Steelhead. They write that Steelhead are frequently attracted to the natural insects of their spawning streams. Often, these cased caddis' become dislodged as female steelhead are building their redds in the gravel, setting them loose in the current. This cased caddis imitation should be fished deep on a natural drift along the stream bottom.