Grannom Caddis

I was just tying some pupa and larva. I'll post a pic of what I tie.
 
For the adult, I tie a natural cdc wing over a black or very dark brown body. Some with an egg sack, and some without. On some of the dries, i'll tie in a short clear zlon shuck about the same lenth as the hook shank. For the egglayers, I tie a beadhead soft hackle with an bright green egg sack.

Sorry these are so out of focus. I may try with a different camera later on.... I can't figure out how to turn the auto focus off....
 
Larva

 
Pupa

The larva has dk brown rabbit dubbing. The pupae has black superfine dubbing.

drake... use your macro feature... picture of a tulip

My tulip doesnt work...

Nice looking flies, though, drake!  In the next few weeks, with the weather finally figuring out that it's January, I'm going to really try to expand my ability in tying, and caddis are the main bug on most streams I fish, so I may try some of these.

Jer,
In the link I attached, there is a video by Hans Weilenmann of a caddis pattern.
Half way through the video, it shows a quick easy way of winging the caddis with hair.
I've been doing it this way for a couple of years using only three turns of thread. Amazingly, the hair stays put very well.

Click for CDC & Elk by Hans
 

ORIGINAL: Cold

My tulip doesnt work...

Nice looking flies, though, drake!  In the next few weeks, with the weather finally figuring out that it's January, I'm going to really try to expand my ability in tying, and caddis are the main bug on most streams I fish, so I may try some of these.

 
You'll want to learn soft hackles and sparkle pupas if you've got a lot of caddis.... and maybe read Caddisflies by G. Lafontaine. Best book on caddis.

ignore the olive thread on the egg layer. I ran out of black, which is what I typically use.

i use black bear hair for the dry wing. in the clarion some caddis i seen have a distinct bluish egg sack. i tie the egg layers just like the dries i tie but i'll have to try the wet fly egg layer this year. great pics

The soft hackled egg layer is a killer. I drop it off a adult with a deer hair wing, since deer hair seems to float a dropper better. I tie the egg layer with a bead and soft hackle since some caddis dive to lay their eggs.
 
Does the black bear float well? I've never tried it.

the bear hair floats ok as long as you palmer a stiff short hackle over the body. i suppose you can mix it with drk. elk hair for better flotation and still keep the darker black wing color. once wet it takes longer to dry though. this is the grannom i've used on the big neshanook with great success. it also works as a searching pattern during the warm season. i guess it resembles an ant or any small black bug. ~dt