The Caddis Variant is an elegant Caddis imitation that is dressed lightly and uses very little hackle. An excellent searching pattern, and floats well when dressed. It’s in the vein of the Elk Hair Caddis, and may be easier to tie.

I figured I was safe, neatly tucked away on the bottom left margin of the Daytripper’s Blog was the “Tying for 2008″ entry. Like all great procrastinators I assumed he wouldn’t dare increment it until February, minimum.
Now he’s ahead of us and we’re playing “catch up.”
Brownlining is hell on flies, nymphs mostly, and my nymph [...]