Caddis fly patterns

[sbalsen]

I still find caddis hatches the most frustrating. Wondering what favorite patterns you guys have for the Farmington when the fish are taking caddis.
Sy

[TonyM]

My favorite pattern is the Gary LaFontaine ESP (emergent sparkle pupa). Make sure you tie it with the "overblouse" sparsely so you can see the touch dubbing clearly underneath. I usually fish it without floatant or floatant only on the deer hair wing so it floats in the film. A little twitch now and then seems to be more effective, as well. Most commercially tied patterns are too heavily dressed, in my opinion. You can clip a few of the antron threads to "sparse it down".

Tony M

[Todd K]

Again www.hipwader.com comes through. Here is a tying tutorial for the ESP.

http://hipwader.com/2003/emergent-sparkle-pupa

[sbalsen]

Those were great tying instructions. Great site. FLy Addict should produce directions like that for Framington River patterns!
Sy