Hey,
Now that I can tie complicated paraloops and other good looking flys, I found that sometimes beauty is as beauty does. I don't have the skill yet to match the hatch. On my last trip to the river I was going to bring my wifes aquarium net, but I couldn't find it. The water was low and clear and several large trout were in shallow water with no rise or the occaisional sipping rise. I tried a caddis diver type pattern with a sparkle pupae trailer. I got a refusal from a big boy I could see and a hit from an unseen trout after I weighted the combo. I was able to sneak into a casting position about 20ft from an 18incher. I hadn't seen anything on the water or in the air but this guy was occaisionally rising and sipping something from the surface. I had tied two CDC Buzzers as an experiment. The pattern is at Westfly--Fly Fishing for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana My casting stinks and the first cast grossly overshot. The fish seemed mildly interested in the junction of my leader and fly line. Second cast was on the money and he sipped my fly. I actually landed and released him, but I don't have any shake and float, so I tied on CDC buzzer number two. This time I couldn't see the fish, I casted further out into the flow,but the results were the same. Except this one broke off. Anyway I'm now interested in minimalist flys and stick patterns. Sorry about not being able to put in a hyperlink. I'm computer challenged also. Oh, I guess this is a KISS principle. Toodles,Frogge. PS as I was leaving caddis adults started coming off the water!.