Why Every Fly Box Needs an Apple Caddis Pattern
The apple caddis pattern is one of those flies that looks a bit too bright to be real until you see the actual insects coming off the water and realize the trout are keyed into that specific, neon-adjacent glow. If you've ever spent a spring morning on a limestone stream or a freestone river during a Grannom hatch, you know exactly what I'm talking about. There's a specific window in the early season where everything seems to turn a particular shade of lime green, and if you aren't prepared, you're going to spend a lot of time watching fish rise to things you don't have in your box. ...