Soft Hackle Wet Fly Guide for South Platte Caddis
Soft hackle wet flies quietly out-fish the dry during June caddis on the South Platte. The patterns, sizes, and swing techniques that fool Cheesman and Deckers trout.
The box, pattern by pattern
Fly Guides.
The patterns that work on the South Platte: recipes, tying notes, and how to fish them on Deckers, Cheesman, and the Dream Stream.
Newest patterns
28 guides
The Elk Hair Caddis: My High-Floating Searching Dry for South Platte Summers
How I fish the Elk Hair Caddis on the South Platte — why it floats so high, when to skitter it, and the tan, olive, and peacock sizes I actually trust.
Fishing 7X on Flat Water: The Trico Presentation
Leader build, the reach cast, s-curves in the last 18 inches, and landing a trout on 0.004-inch tippet — the presentation half of South Platte Trico fishing.
Cinnamon Ant Fly Guide: South Platte Terrestrial Season
Cinnamon ants are deadly on the South Platte from late June through September. Learn sizes, materials, rigging, and where to fish them at Deckers and Cheesman Canyon.
Trico Hatch Timing on the South Platte: How the Morning Runs
First light to 10:30 a.m. — when the spinner fall actually lands, how to read the rise so you know the stage, and what to fish once it quits.
Chubby Chernobyl Dropper Fly Guide: South Platte Tactics
How to fish a Chubby Chernobyl dropper rig on the South Platte in late summer — fly selection, sizing, tippet setup, and where to target trout.
The archive
21 older- Trico Fly Patterns for the South Platte: Size, Wing, Silhouette 10 min
- The Chubby Chernobyl: My Summer Attractor and Dry-Dropper Anchor 8 min
- Pheasant Tail Nymph: Sizes, Variations, and When to Fish It 13 min
- Egg Patterns — When the Spawn Is On, This Is What's Eating Trout 8 min
- San Juan Worm — The Pattern That Isn't Pretty But Catches South Platte Fish 8 min
- The Zebra Midge Torch — My South Platte Midge 5 min
- The Duracell Jig: Red Wire, Silver Bead, and Why It Runs the South Platte in Winter 5 min
- The Frenchie: Lance Egan's Competition Jig That Never Left the Guide Box 5 min
- Mayer's Mini Leech Jig: The Small Dead-Drift Leech That Out-Catches Streamers 5 min
- Olsen's Blowtorch: My Favorite Fly and the Variations I Tie 6 min
- The Perdigon: Why the Fastest-Sinking Nymph on the South Platte Works 5 min
- The RS2: Rim Chung's South Platte Emerger That Defined a Tailwater 5 min
- Walt's Worm: The Pennsylvania Nymph That Belongs in Every South Platte Box 4 min
- The Wooly Bugger: The Most Copied Fly in History and Why It Still Works 5 min
- Barr's Slumpbuster: The Streamer John Barr Built for Big Browns 9 min
- Barr's Emerger: The PMD Pattern Every South Platte Angler Needs 7 min
- PMD Hatch Guide — Pale Morning Duns on the South Platte 8 min
- South Platte Stonefly Hatch Guide: Spring Patterns & Tactics 7 min
- Mercury Midge: Pat Dorsey's South Platte Staple 6 min
- Where to Fish the Trico Hatch on the South Platte 10 min
- South Platte Fly Box — 12 Patterns Every Tailwater Angler Needs 10 min