Rena Caddis - Norway 2011

[fly_fischa 0]

Hi All,

 

It's been a while since I posted on the forum, life's been getting in the way. I moved to London for 6 months and recently took the chance to catch up with my good friend Terje in Norway. I had a fantastic time hanging out with Terje, Norway is stunning and his Rena River is beautiful.

The river was tough to say the least, conditions were stacked against us but we managed to subdue a few browns

 

I caught my first one on a Rena Caddis, I couldn't think of a more appropriate pattern

 

I decided to tie one up to share tonight. I had to sub the poly yarn wing with possum tail. I don't have my usual photo/lighting setup (traveling light). So this was a bit of a test run using a flash, some refelectors and foil. I think the result is ok, maybe I can tweak things a bit more, doing all this on an iPad is painful...

 

Last but not least a photo of one of our evening sessions on the Rena, waiting for the Caddis pupa to start doing their thing.

 

Enjoy

 

Karsten

 

 

 

[NJ All Day 0]

Fantastic, looks good, been wondering where you were.

[dryfly purist 0]

First of all Karsten, thanks for the great time we spent in Rena The fishing was not as good as i hoped for, but at least we had some great days with lot casting and great fun.

I will always remember those days for sure

 

The Rena caddis you have posted looks great. Interesting to see it with possum tail and i´m absolutely sure it will work just as good as poly yarn.

The picture is very good, so the G12 does the job for sure.

 

Here`s a picture of Rena from the same spot you took yours only this one has the Bever that just past by

 

 

Keep up the good work, Karsten. Talk to you soon, buddy

 

Terje

[dryfly purist 0]

By the way, here are the Renacaddis that caught the 2,3 kg brown trout that late evening, Karsten

This pattern is made by Staffan Lindstrøm and came to life in Rena. It is always good to have some of these when the caddis are hatching

 

I´m pretty sure that the one you tied with possum tail for wings will work just as well as this one with Poly yarn, Karsten

Great tie, buddy...... and the quality of the G12 is impressing.

 

 

 

Terje

[Old Hat 0]

Great story and fly Karsten. The picture reminds me of our bigger western rivers. Could one of you describe the hackle technique on this one?

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

great pics and I also am wondering if we could get A SBS on this fly

[fly_fischa 0]

Thanks guys it's good to be posting again.

 

Terje - thanks for adding the photo of the beaver passing by, how cool was that day We certainly did make up for the lack of action by casting lots of different fly rods, eating well and just soaking in the scenery. Thanks again mate I'm glad you. added Staffan's version, the wing on my fly looks a bit anemic at the tie in point.

 

Carl & Paul - the fly is an easy tie, it looks very ordinary right up until the end.

1. Dub body with favorite dry fly dubbing from rear to about 3/4 mark on the shank. Egg spot/hot spot is optional.

2. Select a generous length of polyarn (enough to para post) tie it in like you would on an elk wing Caddis.

3. Trim stubs and cover with thread. Take tying thread BEHIND the post once or twice.

4. Tie in an oversized hackle behind the wing pointing to the rear of the hook. The longer the better, Caddis have long legs.

5. Dubb a thin noodle of dubbing, cover the thread wraps at the head ending with the thread dangling at the eye.

6. Hold the post with one hand and take 3-5 turns of hackle around the very bottom of the post. Tie last turn off at the eye and whip finish

7. Cut a small speck off a hot melt glue, stick it on a pin/dubbing needle, hold over a lighter flame until it melts. Quickly position the blob of glue at the base of the wing in the middle of the fly hackle-refer to the photos of the flies. Moisten your thumb and finger, press/squeeze the drop of hot glue down. Presto you've transformed what looked like an ordinary fly up until this very last move into one hell of a Caddis

8. Trim the wing make sure not to cut it too short. Leave a generous length pointing past the hook.

 

I'll see if I can do an sbs when/if I get a laptop... Terje would be the man for the sbs, he might do one when his winter hits?

[fly_fischa 0]

Carl & Paul - I just remembered an old delicious bookmark I had, put up by Terje ages ago. It has vids of staffan in action tying some cool patterns. I hope the link still works couldn't test it on my iPad as it doesn't play flash movies

From memory it worked best on a firefox browser, ie clipped certain bits/hid menus. If I remember correctly there was a toggle at the bottom right between Varflue (Caddis flies) & Dognflue (Mayflies), let me know if it works for you?

 

Enjoy

 

Staffan Lindstrom tying vid link

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

Thanks Karsten for the SBS and for the link it does work I see some additions coming to my trout box for sure

[Old Hat 0]

Perfect Karsten, thank you friend.

 

You're lucky you can even post. I use an IPad as well, I can view but can't reply on this site. Works fine on others but not FTF. The touch doesn't work in the reply field. By the way the fuzzles have been outstanding for me this year. When you get back home, let me know.

 

Carl

[letumgo 0]

Nice to see your post, Karsten. I'm glad you were able to get to go fishing with Terej. Sure wish I could have joined you guys. Did you checked Terej's fly box of nymphs (humor )?

[fly_fischa 0]

Did you checked Terej's fly box of nymphs (humor )?

 

Funny you should mention that, yep I did inspect and was half expecting some kind of secret/hidden compartment in an overly fat fly box. No cigar, the man is the real deal, he had clear plastic boxes with dry flies only I can't be one hundred percent certain as a frisk search between two guys in the woods could have been misconstrued

 

Paul & Carl- glad the link worked fine, I'm sure you'll appreciate some of the patterns/techniques as much as I did. Good to hear that the Aussie fuzzle bugs have been working a treat, I'll give you a hoi when I get home Carl. Until then I'll see you around on the FTF buddy

[perchjerker 0]

Karsten:

 

Very nice to see that someone else ties caddis patterns with a wing more closely approaching the wing/body length ratio than the standard 'short wing' versions do.

 

VERY NICE!

 

perchjerker