This past several weeks, I tried to identify the Caddis I had previously seen on a Central Oregon lake. I received specific information of Family/Genus: Leptoceridae/Oecitis and Phryganeidae/Banksiola. And, I also received Pattern information. In the end, I have opted for the patterns and being probably one that has to tie something, I ted up the Harriet here. I will carry the EHC, Stimulator, Mikalak, Humpy, Chan’s Caddis, Beaded Poopah and my little brown bead head pupa I tied a gazillion of several years ago. But, the Harriet will be my Diving Caddis fly for those moments that a dry is not the ticket and the fish are rising in such a way as to point away from a hatch. I will cast this out and let it sink, twitching it downward and then upward. Not as a hatch but as a female divining and then rising back. I didn’t include an egg sac on the posterior…spose I could later.

Tied on a pupa hook, size 12, silver tungsten bead head, black thread, dubbing brush laying around from Czech Nymph use, so tied it in and extended a portion rearward, then wrapped forward and created darker thorax. Tied in Hen/Rooster (Harriet/Harry) hackle fibers over the top of thorax and abdomen (like an old leadwing & peacock wet) then wound a turn or two of dark hackle and whip finished the head. Basic pupa, but I am reversing my thoughts here to top downward and not just initially bottom up as in a hatch. Click on photo’s to enlarge for great views. Why the Harriet/Harry? Well, as chicks grow up, things aren’t always as they first appear. “Cock-a-doodle-doo”