From Ben:

I have been fly fishing and tying flies for the past 15 years. From 2001 to 2005, I worked for the late Andre Puyans helping at his fly fishing seminars in Idaho. More recently, I'm a fly fishing instructor for Wilderness Unlimited and The Becoming an Outdoor Woman programs.

You can find me hanging around the tier's row at the west coast fly fishing shows and expos in the early spring. Bass fishing with a fly in the California Delta on hot summer nights for a double digit fish is the current goal.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Daiichi 1190 #14
• Thread: 8/0 Yellow
• Tail and Antennae: Opal Flash
• Body: Orange and Yellow Flash Dubbing
• Wing: Yellow CDC topped with partridge
• Legs: Cree Hackle.
• Head: CDC and Partridge butt ends

From Ben:

I have been fly fishing and tying flies for the past 15 years. From 2001 to 2005, I worked for the late Andre Puyans helping at his fly fishing seminars in Idaho. More recently, I'm a fly fishing instructor for Wilderness Unlimited and The Becoming an Outdoor Woman programs.

You can find me hanging around the tier's row at the west coast fly fishing shows and expos in the early spring. Bass fishing with a fly in the California Delta on hot summer nights for a double digit fish is the current goal.

Great highly visible caddis pattern.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Daiichi 1190 #14
• Thread: 8/0 Tan
• Tail: Dun Hackle
• Body: Tan Dubbing
• Thorax: Tan Dubbing
• Wing post: Guinea Fowl Feather
• Legs: Dun Hackle.

From Ben:

I have been fly fishing and tying flies for the past 15 years. From 2001 to 2005, I worked for the late Andre Puyans helping at his fly fishing seminars in Idaho. More recently, I'm a fly fishing instructor for Wilderness Unlimited and The Becoming an Outdoor Woman programs.

You can find me hanging around the tier's row at the west coast fly fishing shows and expos in the early spring. Bass fishing with a fly in the California Delta on hot summer nights for a double digit fish is the current goal.

Great highly visible caddis pattern.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Daiichi 1190 #16
• Thread: 8/0 Tan
• Tail: Amber z-lon
• Body: Light olive Hairtron dubbing, ribbed with opal flash
• Wing: Tan CDC, topped with partridge
• Legs: Ginger Hackle.
• Head: CDC and Partridge

From Ben:

I have been fly fishing and tying flies for the past 15 years. From 2001 to 2005, I worked for the late Andre Puyans helping at his fly fishing seminars in Idaho. More recently, I'm a fly fishing instructor for Wilderness Unlimited and The Becoming an Outdoor Woman programs.

You can find me hanging around the tier's row at the west coast fly fishing shows and expos in the early spring. Bass fishing with a fly in the California Delta on hot summer nights for a double digit fish is the current goal.

This fly is great for the skinny damsel nymphs found in lakes in the Sierra Nevadas.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Daiichi 1270 size 8
• Thread: 8/0 Olive
• Eyesl: Mono
• Tail: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou
• Body: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou ribbed with chartreuce flashabou
• Thorax: Jay Fair brown/olive long shuck
• Wingcase: olive magic shell
• Legs: Jay Fair brown/ olive shuck - trimmed.