X-Caddis

X-Caddis, trailing shuck caddis cripple
When caddis hatch, most species leave the stream bed and rise to the surface of the water where they shed the pupal skin and become winged adults. The pupal skin is called a shuck. Some unfortunate individuals are not able to leave the shuck completely. They are trapped at the surface of the water with the partially discarded shuck trailing from the rear of their abdomen. Caddis are unable to lift the heavy waterlogged shuck from the water. Trout know that these individual flies are crippled. Some trout will target these cripples nearly exclusively. Most trout will rise quicker to a caddis that is crippled than one that is not. Species of caddis that create dense hatches are more prone to produces higher numbers of trailing shuck cripples.

X-Caddis, Olive Hatches of Rhyacophila and Brachycentrus caddis can produce enough green or olive body trailing shuck cripples to make some trout selective to them. These hatches occur from May through October.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
99206-14	X-Caddis, Olive	14	3 for $5.85
99206-16	X-Caddis, Olive	16	3 for $5.85
99206-18	X-Caddis, Olive	18	3 for $5.85

X-Caddis, Tan Hatches of Hydropsyche caddis can come off in blizzard hatches from May through October. Some of these hatches produce an abnormally high percentages of trailing shuck cripples. These are the caddis that produce the blizzard hatches of early fall.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
99207-14	X-Caddis, Tan	14	3 for $5.85
99207-16	X-Caddis, Tan	16	3 for $5.85
99207-18	X-Caddis, Tan	18	3 for $5.85

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