A pattern I almost forgot about

I was talking to a co-worker about stocking up on my dry flies today and I realized that I needed some caddis. All the dry caddis I've had over the past year were ones that were given to me at Xmas, so I never really had to make any of them. I think I might have tried it once or twice with limited success. I do hate working with deer hair, which is probably one of the reasons I've avoided it. It was when I sat down at the vise tonight that I remembered some of my fishing trips to the local stream last year. I remember throwing size 16 caddis dries and getting hits from trout, smallies, largemouth, rock bass, bluegills, and even crappie. I remember thinking to myself that this would be an awesome pattern if it had rubber legs. I decided to drink a bunch of beer and give it a go. I had some Montana centipede legs I bought for carp flies that seemed to work pretty well. These are sloppy flies because of the beer I've been downing for the past few hours, but I'm sure they'll do just fine in the stream behind my house.

Rubbered legged drunken caddis
size 16 2xl dry fly hook
brown hackle
harelin hare's ear plus gold dubbing
tan deer hair
orange rubber legs - medium



While I was on the rubber leg kick, I decided to whip out some of the hi-vis foam ant bodies I picked up for 50 cents when the LL fly shop was going out of business. I call this one "The Bant" (or Bass Ant..because there's sure as hell no ants around here this big that would actually fool a trout)
size 16 2xl dry fly hook
hi-vis foam ant body
orange rubber legs - medium




I tied these flies with various lengths for the rubber legs to see what works best. Once it warms up and the stream opens for fishing, I'll let you know how I did.




Before I go, I'd like to give a shout out to Sly Fox 113 IPA. I love this stuff. Good night.