Developed many years ago by the people at Blue Ribbon Flies, the X Caddis still remains a very effective fly. One of the first patterns to use zelon as a trailing shuck, its success has prompted the use of this material in an ever-expanding line of emergers of many different insect species. The use of inexpensive materials and ease of tying make it a very popular pattern. The fly is fished dead drift during caddis emergences. By varying the size, body color and wing color any caddis can be imitated.

Hook : Dry fly; size to match natural

Shuck : Zelon; caddis gold or caddis amber, 3/4 to 1x body length

Body : zelon or antron dubbing to match natural

Wing : Deer hair; color to match natural

Head : Trimmed butts of deer hair wing

Al Bowers

Fly tied by John Lazar

Note : All materials for tying this fly, including the best deer hair available, can be obtained atwww.blueribbonflies.com