letumgo wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 5:21 am Wayne - Don’t be shy. Your photography and tying skills are both exemplary.

I was thinking the same thing ......

Happy to return the favor. After all, it was your midge pupa that produced for me.

I would love to see your pupa pattern you came up with.

Mike, I did very well Friday on the Roaring Fork. I tied a few October Caddis pupa using Swiss Straw as wings. Similar to your photo/technique.

I am currently tying some tan pupa usingvthe same technique in preparation for a float on the Colorado tomorrow.

Thank you for posting your pattern ...

letumgo wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:48 pm Mike - You make the blanks yourself?

PS - Thank you for posting the pattern recipe.

No, I sourced them overseas. I worked with a company for over two years to get the tapers right. I have 5 sizes.

That pattern has worked great for me over the years.

Mike, that caddis pupa is pretty dang cool! I have been swing soft hackles for about 6 weeks. I have managed alot of fish, but only one as nice as your fish.

I have been thinking of adding a Swiss Straw wing similar to the wing on your pattern.

Good looking fish and pattern man!


It's ...

Three-Fingered Mike, (humor)

DAMN! Now that's the way to enjoy an evening!

Great pictures Mike. Those are some beautiful trout. Very healthy looking.

Love the caddis pattern at the end. Would you mind posting the recipe?


Is that rod built on the fiberglass blank you mentioned a while back? I ...

Spent the evening on the Missouri river. The caddis were mating so time to swing some wets.

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Baby Brown spey
Hook Alec Jackson #3
Tag Gold tinsel
Rear body yellow floss ribbed w/ flat gold tinsel
Front body yellow seal or substitute ribbed w/ french tinsel
Body hackle ringneck pheasant rump blueish/grey color
Front hackle same rump feather, this time a brownish one
Wing Blue wing teal body ...

The body hackle is ringneck pheasant rump hackle, the feathers right next to the tail.
Thanks for the compliments!

I'm gonna try to swing up a big, cannilbalistic brown. What do you guys think?

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One for the rainbows too

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