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May 6 2004, 05:02 PM

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I've been tying a couple and wondered about the color of the shuck.

On the black caddis (16) is the shuck black as well? I've been surfing for an answer, but have yet to find it.

So far I have tied a few different ones.

One has a short Ginger Z-Lon shuck, black opposum dubbing with a real short black hackle palmered 2/3 of the way to the head and snowshoe hare's foot for the emerging wing.

The other has a black ram's wool shuck, again palmered hackle on top of the opposum and a black CDC wing.

Not quite sure what's closest to the actual emerger.

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ridderbos3 View Member Profile	May 6 2004, 05:25 PM Post #2
"Sorry boss I seem to have anal glaucoma. I just cant see my ass going to work today" Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Kalamazoo, Michigan Member No.: 128	I am not sure either as I have never seen in person a caddis emerger shuck, but I fish a pattern that uses a golden z lon shuck during that hatch adn do well with it. Dennis potter uses golden z lon on all his caddis. john

Foersterhunter View Member Profile	May 7 2004, 03:19 AM Post #3
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 8-December 03 From: Michigan Member No.: 362	Ralf along time ago the shuck was Black and have seen many other patterns with that color shuck too.As ridder boss told of Potters caddis using gold and also mathews X caddis uses gold too so i would not worry about using a gold color for the shuck. -------------------- In our Family,there was no clear line between religion and Fly fishing.We Lived at the Junction of great trout rivers in western Montana,and our father was a Presbyterian minster and a fly fisherman who tied is own flies and taught others.He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman,and we were left to assume,as my brother and i did,that all first-class fisherman on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman and that John,the favorite,was a dry-fly fisherman. Norman Maclean A River Runs through it [URL=http://www.fullersnboc.com/default2.htm]

Shoe View Member Profile	May 7 2004, 06:41 AM Post #4
Bellied up to a Sand Bar Group: Members Posts: 3181 Joined: 25-September 03 From: SE Michigan Member No.: 92	Thanks for the help. I'll try to post some pics of these. Hey Kev, what are you doing up at 4am? Couldn't sleep? -------------------- I know where they live, I know what they eat. Now it's time to fool them with thread, feathers and roadkill.

Frank G. Swarner... Frank G. Swarner III View Member Profile	May 7 2004, 02:07 PM Post #5
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 921 Joined: 26-February 04 From: Downingtown, PA Member No.: 609	Here in PA I use Black, Grey, and White Z-Lon. The Grey seems to be more productive. A little bit of black and grey mixed works well also. I think the white reflects too much light for a shuck even though it works. The Black caddis in my area are on the small side, close to size 18 and maybe even 20. Good luck Shoe, Chip -------------------- Not all fisherman are liars.........there's just alot of liars who fish.

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