Some great information and nice video by North 40 Fly Shop. The following was included with this video.
“I personally don’t fish very many hi-viz patterns because I generally feel they look too unrealistic. At the same time, a fly that gets eaten that you can’t see isn’t a productive fly either. With this spent caddis pattern I’ve really tried to incorporate the hi-viz in to the pattern in a way that will help the anglers see it, the fish not see it, and at the same time make the fly float a little bit better. We spent a lot of time fishing this pattern in the late spring and summer on the Missouri this year (a pretty good test lab for caddis patterns), and I can tell you that this version of a spent is worth tying. It’s also not very difficult to tie, and if caddis is one of your go to hatches where you fish the most, it’s hard to want to tie anything that takes more than a few minutes at the vise because I use a lot of caddis patterns in the course of the year.”
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Materials:
1 extra long standard dry fly hook
70 ultra thread – olive
Wonder wrap – tan
Mcflylon – burnt orange
CDC feathers
Deer hair
Squirrel dubbing – brown