Caddis Hatch in WA

We have a good hatch of caddis flies which begins just after sunset on one of our local dams.

The window of opportunity is short but the action is quite intense. If the hatch starts as normal, you can expect to see fish rising everywhere around you for about a half hour. I usually stop fishing when I loose the site of my dly flies as the sky gets darker, but my friend told me that there is a second wave of hatch starts a hour or so later in a total darkness.

I usually see a few different types of caddis during the hatch. Larger ones and smaller ones come out together, and this makes fishing more interesting. On top of this, trout can be targeting on resting adults waiting to take off, or feeding selectively on emergers. It is a fun time for anyone interested in "matching the hatch game" specially for us in Western Australia where trout fishing is quite limited.

From my experience, the hatch starts around late September and runs into November. It appears to me the hatch gets smaller as the weather becomes warmer as well as the water level gets serverly dropped (the water is being used for irrigation on farms on down stream).


This pattern is to match those larger ones usually come out at the beginning of the hatch.


C.D.L Flatwater Caddis

Hook: TMC2312, #10 - #12
Body: fine natural dubbing, tan
Underwing: CDC, natural tan
Overwing: Coq De Leon, medium prado, two feathers trimmed
Hackle: light ginger
Antenna: wood duck

よく釣りに行くダム湖では１０月から１１月の夕方３０分程トビケラのハッチがあります。２センチ程の大きめの種類を初め、中型、小型と３から４種類の虫が羽化します。

これは、大きめのトビケラ用にデザインしたパターンです。

釣りの際には、この毛針の後ろにトレイラーとして＃１８程の小さなカディスを結びます。多くの場合、鱒は小さい方の毛針に出ます。大きい方はむしろストライクインディケーターとして使っています。