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Umpqua Fly Puff Caddis Conti
SKU: NFD9829

Sizes: 14,16 and 18
Colours: Tan and Black

“The Puff Caddis was born trying to imitate a caddis in the emerging stage, simple but effective, it works well whether dry, Or as an emerger.

To be used in medium speed waters, it has a wing made of CDC, a hare body and with the partridge mounted on the head which creates that semblance of movement in the water which makes it attractive for our trout friends.”

– Signature Tyer Marco Conti

Versions:
Umpqua Fly Puff Caddis Conti Black 14
Umpqua Fly Puff Caddis Conti Black 16
Umpqua Fly Puff Caddis Conti Black 18
Umpqua Fly Puff Caddis Conti Tan 14
Umpqua Fly Puff Caddis Conti Tan 16
Umpqua Fly Puff Caddis Conti Tan 18

Umpqua Fly X Caddis Mathews
SKU: NFD9853

Size: 14 and 16
Colours: Olive and Tan

“We came up with the X Caddis thirty-five plus fishing seasons ago. Like many of our fly patterns, this one was created to fool the larger resident rainbow trout of the Henry’s Fork.

It was my wife Jackie’s idea to tie a trailing-shimmering, sparkling shuck on a caddis imitation. Her reasoning was simple, if super-selective trout took Sparkle Duns with their trailing shuck for emerging and crippled mayflies why wouldn’t the same thing work with caddis imitations too?

We know that caddis, like mayflies, can experience difficulties emerging from their pupal shucks at times. Many end up trapped in their shucks entirely or with the shucks trailing off their body and wings fully emerged.

Fish may not always key in on cripples or impaired adults, but we’ve found this fly works well, in fact much better than standard ties like the Elk Hair Caddis. We fish it as a dry fly, upstream, dead-drifting is the most productive method, casting to individual fish that are rising.

The fly also works well when pulled under the surface in front of rising trout and allowed to pop to the surface.”

– Signature Tyer Craig Mathews