Tying the Rump Caddis

Rump Caddis Emerger

The Rump Caddis is an effective emerger pattern year-round. Fished either as a dropper or drifted under an indicator it is a steady producer on most all waters. However, it really shines when fish are chasing emergers to the surface. In that situation fish from upstream dead-drifting to place your fly in their feeding zone at the end of the drift, then apply a Leisenring Lift twitching the fly to the surface as it rises in the current.

Rump Caddis Recipe

Hook:  #14-#18 Orvis Beadhead

Thread:  8/0 Black Uni-thread

Bead:  Gold Tungsten

Weight:  .015 Lead wire

Abdomen:  Hareline Hare's Ear Plus #1

Rib:  Gold Wire

Wing:  Pheasant Rump Fibers

Hackle:  Pheasant Rump Filoplume

Thorax:  Peacock Ice Dub