Bottom Caddis Nymph

Fishing Tips

Although the bottom caddis was devised primarily for stream fishing, I have enjoyed a day of excellent success with this fly in a Prince George area lake. One fine June day when the northern mosquitoes were in full bloom, I made the difficult trek over a very boggy trail to Wicheeda Lake, some forty kilometers east of Bear Lake. I was primarily fishing a wet line from a float tube and had experienced only marginal success with leech patterns. As I could see numerous fish feeding near the bottom in this very clear lake, I switched to the bottom caddis and was delighted when the trout cooperated with several solid strikes! Perhaps this fly may not have been designed for lake fishing but I cannot argue with the results of that day on Wicheeda Lake!

Creator of this trout fly: Don Haaheim

Tier of this trout fly Type: Don Haaheim

Country of origin for this trout fly: Canada

This trout fly is designed on and fished on Rivers & Stream,

Pattern Dressings

Start by wrapping several turns of coarse lead wire to the hook shank as this will help to get the finished fly where you want to fish it, near the bottom! Next complete the under body with a layer of silver sparkle chenille, hook bend to hook eye. Then form a dubbing loop with your invisible thread at the hook bend.Twist in a very thin amount of medium green seal fur and wrap it forward to near the hook eye, taking care with your wraps to allow the sparkle chenille to partially show through underneath. A light green head is then formed with two or three turns of wool. The final step is to add a couple of turns of short black hackle at the hook eye, tie off, cement and you have completed a very effective bottom caddis for late season trout. Mustad 9672