Fulling Mill Balloon Caddis

A head that cannot be pulled under

Caddis fishing is an evening game, and the two things that beat you at dusk are a fly you cannot see and a fly you have drowned. A foam head fixes both. It cannot be pulled under no matter how hard you drag or skate the fly, so you can move it deliberately across the surface the way an adult caddis moves, and the pale head stays visible when the rest of the water has gone flat and grey. Deer hair over the top carries the wing shape.