Mercer's Missing Link Caddis - Dry Fly Pattern 

One of my go-to patterns I wouldn't leave home without. I tie mine 18-14 in yellow, black, green, and brown, use superfine to dub a body and a thorax, and skip the rib. I like my wings a litter smaller. So in essence, I suppose I tie a slight variant. But super picky tailwater trout on the Upper Delaware that are selective as hell eat this so long as it's dead-drifted. I fish mine during caddis or BWO hatches and they eat it just the same; it's more of a cross-dresser pattern as Kelly would say, looks like a midge, looks like a caddis, looks like a mayfly (sulphur in yellow, BWO in green, ISO in brown, etc.)... looks like an emerger, looks like a spent wing, a cripple, you name it. Floats insanely well too, you have to try to sink the thing. Nice tying instruction!

Another beautiful dry fly caddis pattern

Man, you made that look easy. I've tried tying this pattern before with moderate success. You've inspired me to try it again. Well done!

Gidday Howie. Nice work. Thankyou.

so cool ! I prefer a half hitch tool as well .looks great thanx for the pattern. ken👍 I did tye some of Kelly Galloups missing link and found link but I like a lot of them, brook and cut throat trout smash these as well as spruce moth. that's one pattern I'd like to see you tye.

Nice pattern! Thanks for share!

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