Nymph · #133 of 382

Buckskin

Imitates: Caddis larva (free-living rhyacophila)

How to Rig It

Single nymph under an indicator or tight-line nymphed through riffles.

Dead-drift along the bottom in fast water. Caddis larvae get knocked loose in riffles and trout key on them.

The smooth tanned-leather body breathes and looks exactly like a free-living caddis larva — a year-round food source most anglers ignore.

An old Western pattern that uses real chamois or tanned deerskin for the body, giving it a translucent, segmented look no synthetic can match.

Soak the chamois before fishing to keep the body soft and lifelike. A dry Buckskin looks dead in the water.

Is the Buckskin a caddis pattern?+

Yes, it imitates a free-living (case-less) caddis larva — one of the most abundant year-round trout foods in freestone rivers.

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