As I was listing to Jim Habera talk and he mentioned the Caddis Hatch on the Holston River below Cherokee Dam. The caddis have a green body with a gray wing, small maybe size 16 or 18 fly. I thought about tying this fly. It is on the Flytier’s Page . The pattern I was thinking about is a Hans Weilenmann (Netherlands) pattern call the F-Fly Plus. It is a simple fly, thread, dubbing and two CDC feathers for the wing. Hans has a video called the Improved F-Fly that shows the basic method on how to tie this fly. The Flytier’s Page is a great resource to have bookmarked. It has fly triers from all over the world with thousand of patterns to check out.
Holston Caddis
Hook: TMC 102y size 15 or 17
Thread: Uni Thread Rusty Dun
Body: Beaver Dubbing Green
Wing: Two Premium CDC Caddis Dun (Trout Hunter)
Good fishing
Joe
P.S. Make sure to get your Troutfest tickets before April the 11th.