Caddis fishing 5/12

[netboy]

The caddis hatch has been fantastic on the White river this spring.

I took the boat to Cotter access this morning to an area where the caddis have been coming up.  I got there about 8 am and put the waders on. There were midges coming up so I tied on a size 18 parachute Adams and caught 5 or 6. Then about 10 am the caddis started....  It was really good after that. Everywhere I looked there were trout coming up after caddis. I didn't keep count but probably caught 40 including a couple of decent browns, 4 cutthroats and the rest rainbows. It's amazing how well camouflaged the trout are . You see them come up and grab a caddis and then they disappear back into the moss beds. Best fly was a size 18 foam bodied elk hair dry fly I tie. I call it the "green weenie". 

Here is one of the browns...

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Awesome!!

I love the mountain home area.  I just can’t get there like I used too.