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21May06
- Oliver Edward's recent article "A Master's
Guide to Caddis Larvae" in Fly Tyer's Summer
2006 magazine explains nicely tying and
fishing techniques for some of his best
caddis patterns. These flies are both
realistic and very effective. Two of his
patterns I particularly like and have
included in my
Go2Fly Series are his Hydropsyche Larva and Rhycophila Pupa
patterns. The Hydropsyche Larva remains one
of my top producers and is found throughout
many Pennsylvania streams, often in good
numbers. The Rhycophila Pupa is a well
designed emerger and also accounts for a
high number of my trout catches. I hope this
article provides the well deserved
recognition Oliver deserves for providing us
these top patterns.
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Size 16 Oliver
Edward's Hydropsyche Larva |

Size 16 Oliver
Edward's Rychophila Pupa |
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20May06
- Below are a few trout flies I recently
tied. Both beetles are tied in a
Crowe-style. The size 16 black beetle is one
of my highest producers. Based on experience
I prefer fat abdomens. The little olive
beetle is an excellent producer for fishing
the Yellow Breeches (PA) catch-and-release
section. Floating ants can be challenging at
times but to improve this I incorporated
Bill Skilton's E-Z Sight foam bodies. To
make the ant more realistic and durable I
tied in the rump first then folded it over
towards the eye of the hook. The patterns
below work well on eastern trout streams and
are a good default when hatches are scarce.
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Size 20 Olive
deer hair beetle |

Size 16 Black
deer hair beetle |

Size 20 Black
foam ant |

Size 10 Krystal
flash olive woolly bugger |
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13May06
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Guide Greg Boyd and I drifted the Lehigh
River from 8:30 to 2:00. The fishing was
slow at first but picked-up towards the end
of the drift. The fish were slightly pickier
than normal as they were full from engorging
themselves on the abundant insects, worms
and so forth washed in from recent rains. Greg and I missed several trout but managed
to land a total of three fish including a
large sucker. More fish would've been
caught, but we were chased off by a severe
T-and-L storm. Productive flies included
emerging caddis and larva patterns. Hatches
included small size 18 brown caddis in large
numbers and a few large size 10 March
Browns.
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A Lehigh River
brown....
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....and sucker.
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07May06
- Nancy and I fished Boiling Springs Run
(PA) for approximately two hours in the
afternoon. The lake and the parking lot for
the Run were busy due to the nice weather. Fishing was average as Nancy and I caught 3
fish combined. Fish were caught using a size
16 sinking black beetle, size 16 Barr's Bead
Head Net Builder Larva and a size 16 Oliver
Edward's Hydropsyche Larva. The largest fish
is pictured below.
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A Boiling
Springs Run Brown
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