Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > Ton's question about behavioral drift
| Martinlf | September 11th, 2007, 5:26 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 907 | I notice that Ton recently posted a question elsewhere about caddis larvae's mode of drifting--clothed or in the buff? (that is with or without case) I believe they do both, depending on the species, but await correction from Taxon or Konchu on this if I'm mistaken. Or more detail. | |
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| Taxon | September 11th, 2007, 5:55 pm | |
| Mercer Island, WA Posts: 483 | Louis- I would agree with your belief. I didn't respond to Ton's question, as it appeared to be directed to Jason. | |
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| Konchu | September 11th, 2007, 7:40 pm | |
| Indiana Posts: 200 | ditto | |
| DMM | September 11th, 2007, 10:40 pm | |
| Posts: 141 | As agreed, they do both. Caddis in rock cases tend to go "naked" as rocks don't float well (profound statement). As I pointed out in a previous post, some caddis (organic cases) even swim while in their cases. | |
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| Ton | September 14th, 2007, 12:56 pm | |
| Posts: 4 | Thanks guys for your responses to my post. You know, I've heard of patterns that actually impale sand particles (via a glue base) all around a dubbed base of a fly for extreme realistic drifting case patterns. I'll stop short of doing that. Drifting away now, ton | |
| Mcjames | September 14th, 2007, 2:12 pm | |
| Cortland Manor, NY Posts: 77 | I "evicted" a caddis larva from its casing a few seasons ago and glued the case over a caddis larva pattern. But I haven't tried it yet-- feels almost like I'd be cheating. I keep it in my "experimental" fly box. One of these days I'll give it a shot. I've read that cased caddis constitute a substantial portion of the trout's winter diet. http://www.troutnut.com/topic/857#4316 | |
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