I would suggest two books that are very decriptive and very useful but they are also more on the scientific side and give insights into life cycles, hatching water temps, even specific behaviors. These would be Caddisflies by Gary LaFontaine, and Hatches 2 by Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi. I found both on Amazon.com used for under 30 dollars. These are both life long references and the information in them is very specific, these are books to keep and re-visit when a new month is coming and the hatches may be changing. Note: Hatches is Mayfly specific and Caddisflies is obviously caddis specific. Both books profile the specific species most often found and both books cover 90 percent of what we have in S.E. streams. They also both provide fly tying instruction and fishing/presentation instruction as well.

Also, if you want to check your general Macro-Invertebrate knowledge check out the simple Macro quiz’s that are at this link.

http://winonaflyfactory.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/kymi/

Specific information is great but can get confusing and so knowing the general macro’s is important as well, to help narrow the search.

Also http://www.troutnut.com is an excellent resource as well.

- Alex G.

The caddis that I have found typically pop about a week after the Hennie’s are making their daily dance to the sky. Typically the caddis are up middle April however this creek is a bit different than most in that the caddis populations are insane.

I have seen Caddis flying when I expected Hennie’s. This was the first week of April. I have also heard that some creeks put up Caddis in the evening after a Hennie hatch.

I will have to admit that I haven’t studied caddis as significantly as I have mayflies so its a wait and see. Within the next month things will be enjoyable and we will be out until dark catching fish.