Crippled Caddis

Description

When I think of a cripple I typically think of a some type of mayfly, a BWO or Baetis, PMD or Sulphur, heck even a drake. But the truth is just about every insect in the water can emerge a cripple. A cripple is simply a insect that was somehow deformed in the emergence process. Therefore this bug isn’t able to correctly leave the water like its fellow companions are able to. Cripples are often targeted by trout as they are an easy food source. Chances are these bugs aren’t going to be able to move much and the trout view them as the easy meal they are. The Caddis Cripple is meant to replicate a caddis in this situation. The body may seem a bit small, wings may seem a bit haphazard, but it is all done to make this pattern look as deformed (while natural) as possible. Fish during the hatch and for a bit after it as well.