![caddis army](http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8545/caddisarmy.jpg)
Tied up an army of caddis nymphs with the tasty morsels Gary from Switters B passed my way. The UV micro straggle is some mint tying material.
![UV micro straggle caddis UV micro straggle caddis](http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7426/microstragglecaddis.jpg)
![fuzzy things caddis fuzzy things caddis](http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2945/fuzzythingscaddis.jpg)
![Wisper caddis Wisper caddis](http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1448/wispercadis.jpg)
Whilst in the caddis tying mood, I whipped a half dozen more nymphs using my Frosty Naval dub, and UV dub. There's just something about tying a soft hackle with grouse or partidge and peacock herl. Beauty is in the pattern's sheer simplicity.
![soft hackled caddis soft hackled caddis](http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/826/shcaddis.jpg)
![UV caddis UV caddis](http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2370/uvcaddis.jpg)
![sparkle caddis sparkle caddis](http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2620/caddis.jpg)
These are all a bit on the larger size, a size 12 2X heavy scud hook, but that's what I've been uncovering so far in the streams this spring. I could also take these down to a size 14 or 16, but with the water as high and turbid as it is right now, visibility is a key issue to hooking up with fish right now. The smaller patterns will be money on a smaller spring creek where the water flows clear as gin. Tipped with a tungsten bead, these will make a killer dropper.
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