Secrets of the Mother's Day Caddis, with Taylor Edrington
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
James Hathaway
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
My guest this week is guide and fly shop owner Taylor Edrington [34:16] of Royal Gorge Anglers in Colorado. His home river, the Arkansas, has an amazing hatch of these bugs, but they also hatch on trout streams throughout the country some time between Tax Day and Mother's Day (and often beyond). It's a great hatch but often tricky as trout will many times key on the emerging pupa and not the adult. But Taylor has some tricks to help us solve the puzzle.
In the Fly Box this week, we have some questions that I think will be helpful to many people, such as:
Can I fish streamers on bright days in a river without much insect life?
Can I use a reel meant for a 7- to 9-weight rod on my 6-weight rod?
When you are fishing with other people on mountain creeks, do you ever use two-way radios?
I have trouble fishing really large rivers. What should I look for in giant rivers?
Will carp in a trout stream harm the trout population?
Can I use a Perfection Loop in my backing to attach a fly line?
Why aren't there different leaders for each line size?
Some casting instructors tell you to move your arm back and forth and other tell you to never do that. Is there a correct way to cast?
Do you think a recent flood hurt the trout population in my river? I have not seen as many trout after the flood.
Do you carry a multi-tool when you go fishing?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to the Orvis fly fishing podcast. |
| 0:16.4 | This is your host, Tom Rosenbauer. |
| 0:18.3 | And my guest this week is Taylor Edrington. Taylor is |
| 0:24.1 | owner of Royal Gorge Anglers. He's a fishing guide. He's been around a long time. He's |
| 0:30.2 | an Orvis Field tester, Orvis Endorse Guide. And Taylor's going to tell us about the Mother's Day |
| 0:36.9 | Caddus, which is a very important early season hatch on many rivers. |
| 0:43.1 | He's talking about the rivers in the western United States, but we also have, if not the same caddice, a very similar caddus. |
| 0:51.3 | In the eastern part of the United States. Sometimes we call this the |
| 0:55.3 | apple caddus or the shad fly. There are a bunch of other names, but it's a big hatch. |
| 1:02.9 | These flies hatch in great numbers, usually in the middle of the day. And they bring the fish up |
| 1:08.8 | pretty well. So anyway, there are some tricks to fishing that hatch, and Taylor's going to share |
| 1:16.2 | his tricks with us. |
| 1:19.0 | And before we get into the flybox, just wanted to tell you about some people that you |
| 1:24.3 | may want to fish with this year. |
| 1:26.4 | First is Orvis endorsed guide Captain Dwayne |
| 1:29.7 | Baker. And Dwayne has been around for a long time. He's been an Orvis endorsed guide for many |
| 1:35.1 | years. He's based in Tavernier, Florida. And he fishes mainly the Key Largo in Isla Mirada areas. |
| 1:44.0 | Dwayne is guided in the Florida Keys for over 25 years, and he was a 2019 Orvis and |
| 1:49.9 | Doors Guide of the Year, which is a real honor and shows Dwayne's attention to customer |
| 1:57.6 | service and to finding people fish and to being an all-round good guy on the water. |
| 2:04.3 | Of course, in the Florida Keys, you might be chasing tarpen, bonefish, permit, redfish, |
| 2:09.8 | or snook. He's guided to many clients to tournament awards over the years. And, you know, when you go to the Florida Keys, like all places, |
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