Uses for Diving Caddis

IMITATES

SIZES

COLORS

WHERE USED

PRESENTATION

Blue-winged olive Spinner

16-22

Olive-brown, red-brown

runs, slowish riffles

surface swing

Weedy water caddis Egg-layer

14-16

Body: black; Wing: black

Slow-moderate runs, current seams, backeddies

surface swing, shallow nymph

Grannom Egg-layer

12-16

Body: brown; Wing: black

Riffles, current seams, backeddies below riffles

surface swing, shallow nymph, rising nymph

Saddle-case caddis Egg-layer

14-18

Body: tan, olive-brown; Wing: dark brown, black

Riffles, seams, backeddies below riffles

surface swing, shallow nymph, rising nymph

Spotted caddis Egg-layer

10-14

Body: brown; Wing: black

Riffles, current seams, backeddies below riffles

surface swing, shallow nymph, rising nymph

Green caddis Egg-layer

10-14

Body: green, olive, brown; Wing: dark brown, black

Riffles, backeddies below riffles, current seams

surface swing, shallow nymph, rising nymph

Longhorn caddis Egg-layer

10-16

Body: black, brown, white, cream

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers

slow retrieve