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Simms Products Are A Big Hit With Professional Fishing Guides !!! Simms Directory
	Meet Josh Linn. He guides on our local rivers and the prestigious and remote Sandy River in Alaska. When not guiding, Josh works at the Fly Fishing Shop in Welches, Oregon as a purchasing agent. Josh is a true steelhead addict who has a lot of on the water experience, and access to all the world's best fly fishing gear. Josh fishes with the best, because he can. That's why he uses Simms products like the G-3 Waders, In-Vest Jacket and the visor he is wearing in this unsolicited picture of
him and a steelhead he took with a waking fly from water I had already fished. I also wear a lot of Simms gear and so does my wife, Patty. That is how Josh and Marcy found out about Simms.

Simms Is A Big Hit With The Ladies Too !!!
	Marcy Stone works at The Fly Fishing Shop in Welches, Oregon. She has only been fly fishing for about a year, but is pictured here landing her seventh fly caught steelhead. Like her boyfriend Josh, she has direct access to all the worlds best gear. Marcy is very athletic. She throws bullets with her G. Loomis "Stinger" Scandinavian Action Spey rod, and enjoys the smooth operation of her Nautilus-12 reel. She also knows that keeping her muscles at that perfect temperature enhances her performance on the water. The Simms WaderWick Under Wader Wear and WindStopper Soft Shell provide the layering under her In-Vest Jacket, G-3 Waders and L-2 Boots. Marcy, a slim curvaceous blond, found that Men's G-3 Waders actually fit her better than the Women's G-3 waders, plus she has the advantage of extra pockets, tippet dispenser and hand-warmer. Marcy looks plenty feminine in her high performance apparel. These pictures tell her latest fishing story.
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Simms products aren't just for young people. Grandmas and grangpas like to fly fish too. We have known many people in their late seventies and early eighties that were avid fly fishers. We can tell you for sure, that fly fishing is a great sport from your teen to your sixties!

Simms Rivertek Windstopper Soft Shell
"The best new fly fishing clothing item for 2006
will keep you warm in 2007 and years to come!"

The protection of a shell with the soft comfort of a mid-layer.

Gore-Tex® WindStopper® Soft Shell fabric with DWR finish

100% nylon knit outer fabric and 100% polyfleece lining
Deep hand warmer pockets with brushed polyester mesh lining
Stretch woven, zippered chest pocket holds small fly box
Polypropylene cuff
Retractor docking station includes removable retractors
Forceps tab at chest pocket level
Adjustable shock cord waist

Item	Description	Color	Size	Price	To Top
OSS1060520	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Blue	S	$229.95
OSS1060530	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Blue	M	$229.95
OSS1060540	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Blue	L	$229.95
OSS1060550	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Blue	XL	$229.95
OSS1060560	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Blue	XXL	$229.95
OSS1062120	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Green	S	$229.95
OSS1062130	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Green	M	$229.95
OSS1062140	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Green	L	$229.95
OSS1062150	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Green	XL	$229.95
OSS1062160	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Green	XXL	$229.95
OSS1066420	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Coal	S	$229.95
OSS1066430	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Coal	M	$229.95
OSS1066440	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Coal	L	$229.95
OSS1066450	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Coal	XL	$229.95
OSS1066460	Simms Rivertek Windstopper Softshell Jacket	Coal	XXL	$229.95

Summer has come to an end. The water in Oregon will cool; slowly at first, then more quickly as winter approaches. There will be a whole new series of hatches.
Fall Caddis Hatches - Big fish on the surface are the attraction.

Redside.

The Pacific Northwest has some spectacular giant caddis hatches. Most of these hatches are in the fall, but some cold spring creeks have hatches through much of the winter and into the spring as well. The fat bodies of winged adults are in colors that range from light tanish orange to yellowish orange to bright orange to burnt orange. Wings are usually gray but there are

also brown tones. There are apparently a number of different sub-species in what is commonly called October Caddis or Fall Caddis or Giant Caddis. Most belong to the family Dicosmoecus. They range from California to Alaska.
The larva of these giant caddis build tube-like cases. During the winter months when the larva are tiny, these cases are made from vegetable matter attached to a foundation of silk. As the larva grows in size through the spring months they abruptly switch to cases made from small gravel. You can observe these larvae crawling around on the streambed dragging their cases with them as the forage for algae and decaying plant and animal matter. During the the summer months of June and July Dicosmoecus larvae are important trout foods. Daily behavioral drift cycles occur in the early afternoon, usually peaking about 4:00 P.M. They are one of the few families of caddis that leave their cases before behavioral drift cycles. This makes them extremely enticing to large trout. In August these larvae seal themselves in their cases and by September they are ready to emerge as adults.

Emergence occurs from late afternoon until dark. The pupae usually swim and crawl to shallow water, but some emerge mid-river. Many actually crawl from the water to hatch on rocks along the shore. Even when adults are not active, you can tell if October Caddis have been hatching by observing their shucks on stream margin rocks. If prospecting with a dry

October Caddis often crawl out onto stream side rocks to hatch, leaving their discarded shucks as evidence.

The evidence of October Caddis shucks suggests the choice of an October Caddis Pupa as the right fly.

October Caddis pattern doesn't turn up any interest, try a pupa pattern. Pumpkin orange color is usually the best. Try fishing your pupa suspended from a dead drifted dry fly. This technique can be very productive late in the evening when both egg laying adults and hatching pupas are both active. Steelhead as well as trout can be fooled by this trick.

Egg laying occurs in the afternoon and evening. The big fate juicy females flop around on the water exuding their eggs. They are a prime attraction for fish of all sizes. Fishing a big orange body dry fly can be productive any time of day if you fish in shady spots under overhanging

Adult October Caddis.

October Caddis adults hiding from the heat of mid-day.

trees. Some caddis are active during moderate temperature days. Most of the big caddis rest in the shade of vegetation throughout hot days. These caddis are perfectly camouflaged to hide during the day and wait for evening flights.

		October Caddis, Chew Toy New and improved? Well at least new and very interesting. The sparkly copper thorax and orange and black striped rubber legs give this fly an alien appearance. But the flat foam wing is the shape of a big caddis as seen from below.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
20-0781-08	October Caddis, Chew Toy	08	3 for $5.85

		October Caddis, Dry October Caddis is the big fall hatch. This pattern has a tightly stacked elk hair wing for maximum floatation and feelers for realism.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
5045-08	October Caddis, Dry	08	3 for $5.75

		Tied Down Caddis, Orange Sometimes called the Full Back Caddis, it is effective for representing both large caddis and stone flies.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
5070-06	Tied Down Caddis, Orange	6	3 for $5.25
5070-08	Tied Down Caddis, Orange	8	3 for $5.25
5070-10	Tied Down Caddis, Orange	10	3 for $5.25

		Improved Sofa Pillow This fly is generally use as a stone fly imitation, however it is also a very good October Caddis.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
6075-08	Improved Sofa Pillow	8	3 for $5.25

		October Caddis Pupa Trout and steelhead will target October Caddis pupas. This is unweighted version can be fished subsurface dead drift or on the swing.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
9075-08	October Caddis Pupa	8	3 for $5.85

		Bead Head October Caddis Pupa This fly is tied with a heavy tungsten bead head so that it fishes very deep.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
18120	Bead Head October Caddis Pupa	6	3 for $5.85
18121	Bead Head October Caddis Pupa	8	3 for $5.85
18122	Bead Head October Caddis Pupa	10	3 for $5.85

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Fish long & prosper,
Mark Bachmann, Patty Barnes