Czech - Mate Hare + Red

This Czech-Mate Hare - Red pattern is an all season pattern. This Czech-Mate Hare - Red pattern imitates a darker colored Caddis Larva or Scud. This pattern can be fished in all waters and the term “scud” a fresh water shrimp or crustacean. This source of food makes up a large portion of any trout’s diet. Fresh water shrimp take on the coloration of their diet, lending credence to “you are what you eat”. Fish this pattern near the bottom of the water table and raise the fly on a retrieve and then allow it to sink which will stimulate the swimming action of the scud. Due to the variety of coloration of various fresh water shrimp, ensure you have both the Czech-Mate Hare – Cream and our Scud Olive patterns in your fly box with a variety of hook sizes.

In streams or rivers, this pattern can be presented in a number of ways the most successful being a cast up stream like a dry fly and then allowing it to dead drift drag free, keep in contact with your line. Alternatively, allow the scud to sink slowly to the bottom just above the vegetation it often seeks and slowly raise the line on the drift, through the water table to attract attention. A slight variation on this is to actually tighten up the line or pull the line as your scud approaches the lie of a fish you are sight fishing, and this will imitate the natural movement of the scud through the water table.