Emerger

X-Caddis

Shuck-trailing caddis cripple

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Trailing-Antron-shuck deer-hair emerger that rides flush — images the adult struggling free of the pupal skin; also covers the small Smicridea caddis of Patagonia.

Fish this when

Fish it through a heavy caddis hatch on riffled or broken water — or over the small Smicridea caddis on Patagonian rivers — once adults are visibly struggling half-out of the pupal skin.

Why it works

The trailing Antron shuck flags the fly as a stuck, easy meal rather than a fully escaped adult, so it pulls takes from fish that have started ignoring clean, fully-hatched flies.

Naturals it imitates