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Roman Moser's Balloon Caddis
Originator: Roman Moser'
Tied by Aaron Hirschhorn |
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Wing: Deer or elk hair - natural for tan, dun for olive, brown for peacock
Hook: Dry fly of choice #14-20
Thorax: Same as body
Body: Tan, olive, peacock or to match species
Thread: To match
Balloon (Emerging Wi: Yellow Polycelon foam
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| Tying Instructions |
- Place hook in vise.
- Attach thread at eye and about 1/4' down shank. Run thread back to eye.
- Attach a piece of foam about 3' long by 1/4' wide at the eye and extending out over the eye. This is enough for 2 flies. You can do more or less. Bind down the foam and run thread to just into the bend.
- Dub on the body material about half way up the shank or just past that point.
- Stack the hair and attach the wing so that it extends just past the bend. Wing should be relatively sparse. Run thread to eye (the point where you first attached the foam).
- Dub the thorax material onto the thread and wrap back to the wing tie in point.
- Fold foam back over thorax, tie off and whip finish.
- Clip foam off right behind whip finish and go fishing.
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| Fishing Tips |
| The fly is really easy to tie, otherwise I never would have chosen this for the swap. No way I would tie 100 of anything complicated. Once you get going, this fly takes only a few minutes to tie. Roman Moser believes that this fly, with it's oversized thorax, represents the caddisfly as it leaves it's pupal shuck and begins to spread it's wings. His words, 'In nature the caddis moves and shivers as it floats downstream. The fish take the bouyant imitation with a splashy rise. In the evening, when just-hatched caddisflies swim across the water heading for the bank or looking for a place to lay eggs, I gently pull the fly against the current to create a noticeable wake that attracts fish. Sparsely dressed in smaller sizes and in a cream color, this pattern imitates a hatching mayfly. Emerging mayflies, midges and caddisflies look the same to the fish, their wings just opening and their thoraxes appearing as large, shiny balls.' Works in the daytime also. |
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