Here's some History about various "Tyed Down Wing" patterns
of the Northwest, should help clarify things;
in Roy Patrick's "Pacific Northwest Fly Patterns",1970 edition,
on page 34 is listed a "BuckTail Caddis" which consists of a
Yellow wool body, brown hackle-palmered & a Deerhair wing tyed
in
at the head AND THAN tyed down at the tail end of the hook. I
recall fishing this style of Caddis dry back in the early 70s in
a orange & dark brown version. It was often called a DOWNWING or
TYED DOWN CADDIS. Very effective pattern as I recalled.
Confusion
would come into play as there is a Legendary "Series" of
Northwest Dryflies called BUCKTAIL CADDIS; they usually sported
short Deer Hair tails, Yellow or Orange wool yarn bodies
palmered
with Brown hackles.A Wing of Deerhair, the tips extending past
to
or beyond the tail,was lashed in at the head..resulting in a
large thread head---the deerhair flared about quite abit. the
Bucktail Caddis were tyed up to size 4s,often tyed on double
hooks to be fished for Steelhead with. Difinitely a Pattern to
use when a high floating, easy to see down wing is needed.
The WERNER SHRIMP is basically a Tyed down/Down wing Caddis,but
it is tyed with Olive Seal's Fur or,more commonly,Olive
chenille. in Art Lingren's "Fly Patterns of British Columbia",
1996 by F.A.P., Art credits Mary Stewart for originating the
fly, with Werner Schmid being the one who popularized it. the
fly was first tyed in the early 1960s. When I was fishing the
Interior Lakes of British Columbia back in the early 80s, the
Werner Shrimp, along with Carey Specials & Doc Spratleys, was
often the flies that got me into those hard fighting KAMLOOPS>
Hope this helps everyone.....
DEAN...
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