Fly Tying a Cased Caddis Larva with Jim Misiura 

You don't have to be a super fly tier to tie this fly like you do some others. I'm going to tie a few of these. It looks like it would be a real winner on our Ozarks streams. Thanks heaps Jim for posting it.

Hi Sean, You have them in Maine. The caddis will build thier cases out of rocks or twigs you just have to look you'll find them. You'll see them more often in shallower water. Look for twigs on a sandy bottom pick them up and peel them apart. The trout will eat the whole thing and expell the rest after the insect is digested. Jim

Thanks, I'll try teasing out the dubbing next time I tie some up. We also have a lot of oil rig cased caddis I still haven't come up with a way to make that but I'll work on that too. If you come up with it first let me know. Jim

Barbed hooks cost less, so I crimp them down myself. this is tied on a streamer hook.

Good job.Thanks for idea.Regards from Serbia,Europe.

@catchthree : Thanks for the feedback, please let me know how you do with it. greatly aprcaited, Jim

Tim, Thanks for your comments, it's nice to know I'm helping. Jim

Nice,easy to tie,and effective,they have been put to the test in the Kyll river in Germany(amongst others),and I caught very well with them,I make 'em in different (casing) colours,light and dark,and tease out the dubbing a little with velcro,I also found that shortening the legs a little works for me,but that's a case of personal preference and details of course.Nice fly,thanks!

Seems like a huge hook to me, I have been tying 18-24 recently. Does the trout eat the casing too? I have never seen a cased caddis but I will tie a couple of these to have in my box. I don't look into the bottom of the streams so we may have them in Maine. Who knows, I'll have to ask around. Thanks Jim fine video. Sean

Very nice I like tying this using kinked and varnished peacock herl for the legs

We have a lot of cased caddis in SW Colorado so I can't wait to tye and try this pattern out. thanks for sharring it, Scott

I've seen these cased caddis many times and this looks exactly right to me. Should be a very effective fly. Thanks Jim!

Thanks Scott

I'm just curious, have you ever caught a trout on this? The reason I ask is because I'm curious if trout actually eat the case in real caddis larvae.

One of the best flies for me. One of my favorites. Congratulations Jim.

Thanks for sharing this fly, I like the dubbing you used.

Will give this one a try here in PA . Good looking pattern !

Love your files, Jim. They're made to catch fish, not necessarily to win a (human) beauty contest. Your instruction is simple and approachable and much appreciated. Keep up the good work!

'Well done Jim

nice fly

Jim, I'm a new tier and this looks like a periwinkle or that's what we called them as kids. We would gather them and put them on the hook and cast up stream with a very light weight. Cool I will tie up some. Thank love your vids I have them on screen and tie to them, make it easy to learn. Tony

if I don't have access to green dubbing for the body, could I use green yarn?

Thanks for your videos Jim. I've been trying about a year now, and your videos have been my primary online source for learning techniques and tying new patterns. They're clear, easy to follow, and the variety of patterns keeps it interesting. I appreciate your work very much.