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October Fly Tying Get Together
This month's meeting, we are going to tie an Irresistible Adams and a Goddard Caddis. The Adams is considered a general purpose attractor was first tied by Joe Messinger in West Virginia in the late 1920s. The Goddard Caddis, originally known as the G+H Sledge was created by English flyfishers John Goddard and Clive Henery as a still water pattern in the 1960s. John relayed the pattern to Andre Puyan (Creative Sports, Walnut Creek) who shared it with the Bay Area and called it the Goddard Caddis. Both patterns can be tied in a multitude of colors and having spun hair bodies can be adapted to other patterns such as October Caddis, Stimulators and Stoneflies. They are very buoyant and high floating perfect for our rough water, fast flowing Sierra rivers, as well as still water.
Materials
Hook #12 dry fly
Tail and Hackle Hackle feathers in grizzly and brown
Body Deer or Elk body hair in natural or light color
Wing Grizzly hackle tips or small hen saddle
Caddis antenna brown hackle stem
Thread 3/0 or 6/0 Black, gray, white (orange)
Tools and stuff Usual tools plus have sharp scissors, curved scissors if you have them, double sided razor blade, and I'll bring the masking tape. A rotary vice is helpful .
For more information contact Jim Broadbent.
