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never have seen a oct caddis hatch,canone describe what they look like ,and where will i find this yr ,will be up in the mnts at the end of oct looking for the last 2 htc fish ,and also links to oct caddis patterns ,if ya got em ,have seen lots of pics ,but would like to know what everyones favorite pattern is ,kind of a entomicallogial anthroplogy study you might say.
thanks
dead

What does it look like? Orange hail.

There is a thread below that discusses favorite patterns

http://www...w&id=462&catid=9

deaddrift wrote:
never have seen a oct caddis hatch,canone describe what they look like ,and where will i find this yr


Yo DD - best Oct caddis hatches I've seen are on the Upper Sac and McCloud. I can't advise on specific patterns (haven't tied any myself) but they all seem to have an orange body with dark thorax and the usual caddis pupae appendages. I've done better with the Oct Caddis pupae than the adult. But man, those adults are like a large, fluttering orange moth, up to about 1.5" long, and it's quite a site when they're actively laying eggs, although I'm surprised the trout don't key on them automatically at that stage, given the amount of protein in one gulp.

Hope you get into some action with them.

Wild Bill

thk you gentleman
thats what ive heard ,its madness,and thats why this yr im in pursuit of them ,when I saw my first green drake hatch ,I sat down in the hwy in markleeville to watch ,dad had to pull me off the rd lmao .
I love bugs
DD

On the upper Sac around Azaela above Cantera Loop I have seen the October caddis fluttering around over the water at the end of the day or just as the sun went off the river. The amazing thing is the orange transluceny of their large eyes and their paired wings. Like you or someone said they don't key on the adults, at least for my timeframe. Bill Carnazzo is the guy that first introduced to me October caddis life cycle.

Hope this helps.

ah man. i was just at the california fly shop in san carlos and there was a mag that had an article on them

cant remember the mags title...i was just flippin through

it had a two word title and some catch phrase beneath it that said "where the something something meets the something"

or something like that

ill be sure to look for that particular one
sheesh