Palomino Caddis v2.0

Cheech - September 10, 2017

The Palomino Caddis has been one of our most popular dry fly patterns for the past several years (Palomino Caddis), but that doesn't mean that we stopped thinking of ways to improve it. We fish the palomino caddis before, during, and after caddis hatches, and it seems to have a great hatch matching and attracting quality. I think part of the reason for these updates to the pattern is that we have been floating our local river quite a bit, and high buoyancy is an absolute must. We added another piece of CDC, some flash to the hook shank, and most importantly, we used the Daiichi 1130 which has a slight offset so it hooks really nicely when the fish slash at it (as they tend to do during a caddis hatch. One of my favorite ways to fish it is to cast out, and slightly skate it right when it hits the water, then I dead drift it until the end of the drift, or until it gets devoured by a fish with an appetite bigger than its brain.

Tie some up and skate it, dead drift it, match the hatch, or fish it as an attractor... Chances are it will catch you some fish.

~ Cheech

P.S. you should use a CDC compatible floatant with this fly. We either use Lochsa, or TMC Dry Magic  

Material List
  • Hook: Fulling Mill 1130 - Light Weight Grub Hook - Bronze - 14
  • Hook (Alternate): Daiichi 1130 - Light Wire Scud Hook - 14
  • Thread: Semperfli Classic Waxed Thread - 8/0 - Rust
  • Thread (Alternate): Danville Flat Waxed Nylon Thread - 70 Denier - Brown
  • Flash: Mirage Tinsel - Opal - Medium
  • Flash (Alternate): Veevus Pearl Tinsel - Medium
  • Body: Ultra Chenille - Worm Brown
  • Body (Alternate): Super Suede Chenille - Small - Brown
  • Underwing: Fulling Mill CDC Feathers - 1G - Natural Grey
  • Underwing (Alternate): Hareline - Premium CDC (Cul De Canard) - Natural Dun #245
  • Wing: Nature's Spirit Select Cow Elk - Natural
  • Wing (Alternate): Nature's Spirit X-Caddis Deer Hair - Natural Whitetail
  • Dubbing: Wapsi Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing - Cinnamon Caddis
  • Dubbing (Alternate): Fulling Mill Tactical Dry Fly Dub - Cinnamon Caddis
  • Tool: Stonfo Comb & Brush Tool
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