KJ's Foam Daddy Natural Barbless When crane flies start blowing onto the water in late summer and fall, trout lose their composure — and the Foam Daddy is built to capitalize. A closed-cell foam body keeps this pattern riding high through fish after fish, eliminating the waterlogging that plagues traditional hackle-bodied daddies. The knotted pheasant-tail legs trail out exactly like the real insect's, giving fish the unmistakable crane fly silhouette they're hunting for. Fish it static on a floating line near the surface film, or add a slow twitch to mimic a struggling natural. A go-to searching pattern on stillwaters and reservoirs through the back half of the season, and a reliable bank-side terrestrial on rivers when the daddies are about.
