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The Front End Loader Caddis has been one of my most popular and effective dry flies for several years now. Over this past winter I decided to play around with a couple of material substitutions and additions to add a bit more buoyancy and durability to the fly. When the fly suspended nymphs well and even convinced trout to rise in the middle of January, I knew I had a winner on my hands, and it is now one of my favorite flies in the box for dry dropper rigs.
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It holds up fantastic even with larger droppers on it and a great one for visibility in lower light and heavy foam runs
Really well tied, easy to see on the water and the brook trout love it! I wasn't expecting to get many hits on the dry and used it mainly as a floater for my dropper, but the fish pounded kept eating the front end loader and ignored the dropper. Great dry fly! Floats really well too.
Nice work
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