Egan's Peacock Corn Fed Caddis
Lance - October 2025
The Corn Fed Caddis is a beefy, high floating dry fly fit for any water type.It utilizes the incredible flotation and fish catching abilities of CDC. Most CDC patterns are sparse and delicate, but the Corn Fed Caddis lives up to its name sporting a heavy CDC wing stacked with a hydrophobic, poly yarn overwing for even more floatability. This linebacker at ballet class also uses CDC fibers for the hackle. Add the magic of peacock herl for the body, and you have a very effective (fish can’t resist) dark caddis imitation. Perfect for imitating Mother’s Day Caddis, or any dark bodied Caddisfly. Throw this pattern at selective spring creek browns or pocketwater pushovers, it works great for both!Also of note, CDC flies don't work well with traditional floatants. Use Tiemco dry magic or Loon Lochsa gel style floatants. Shimizaki Dry Shake, Loon Top Ride, or Frogs Fanny powder floatants for best results.
- Hook: TMC 100 Dry Fly Hook - 14 - 25 Pack
- Hook (Alternate): Fulling Mill 1310 - Down Eye Dry Hook - 14
- Thread: SemperFli Nano Silk Ultra Fine 30D 18/0 - Black
- Thread (Alternate): SemperFli Nano Silk Ultra Fine 30D 18/0 - Olive
- Shuck: Antron Yarn - Carded - PMD Shuck/Olive
- Shuck (Alternate): Antron Yarn - Carded - Medium Brown
- Body: Peacock Eye Sticks
- Body (Alternate): Hareline Dyed Peacock Eye Sticks - Black
- Wing/Hackle: Nature's Spirit CDC - Medium Slate Dun
- Wing/Hackle (Alternate): 1 Gram Bulk Pack CDC - Natural Dun
- Wing 2: Para Post Wing Material - White
- Wing 2 (Alternate): Polypropylene Yarn - White
- Thorax: Wapsi Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing - Black
- Thorax (Alternate): Nature's Spirit Fine Natural Dubbing - Black
- Tool: Stonfo Elite Rotodubbing Twister
- Tool: Kuchelmeister MultiClamp Tool
- Tool: Renzetti - Standard Bobbin - Ruby Tip
