Close-up of a Front End Loader Caddis fishing lure featuring tan and pink feather details, designed to mimic an insect for fly fishing and fishing tackle use.
Front End Loader Caddis fishing lure with tan and pink synthetic fibers, brown hackle, and detailed body for fly fishing and fishing tackle enthusiasts.
Front End Loader Caddis fly fishing lure with tan and pink fur, feather wings, and fine hackle fibers on a gold hook, designed for fly fishing enthusiasts.
Front End Loader Caddis fishing lure with a gold body, pink and tan hackle, designed for fly fishing and musky tackle enthusiasts.
Front End Loader Caddis fishing lure featuring a curved hook, natural tan and pink fibers, and bushy dark brown hackle, designed for fly fishing and fishing tackle use.

Umpqua

Front End Loader Caddis

$2.50
SKU: FEL18T
Color:Tan
Size:#18
Quantity:
Pickup available at Thorne Bros - 10091 Central Ave. - PH# 763.572.3782 Usually ready in 24 hours

Front End Loader Caddis

Tan / #18

Thorne Bros - 10091 Central Ave. - PH# 763.572.3782

Pickup available, usually ready in 24 hours

10091 Central Ave NE
Blaine MN 55434
United States

763-572-3782

During practice for the 2013 World Fly Fishing Championship in Norway, I found that the brown trout preferred flush riding dry flies in the low gradient rivers we were fishing.

However, the caddis patterns I had with me which rode flush were poor at floating tungsten nymph droppers.

I have long been a fan of Quigley’s Hackle Stacker style mayfly patterns. I figured the flush riding but buoyant hackle on these patterns would create the perfect combination when added to an elk hair wing to make my Front-End Loader Caddis.

I ended up catching many of my fish in Norway on this pattern and it is still my go-to caddis pattern to appeal to discerning fish while still being able to float tungsten nymphs.

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