FLY OF THE WEEK: ELK HAIR CADDIS
The Elk Hair Caddis Dry Fly was first tied by Al Troth in the 1970's and has become an essential element of almost every fly angler's go-to fly box. If you look in any fly shop you'll see a lot of different and effective variations of the Elk Hair Caddis, but this is the original Al Troth tie: Simple, easy to tie in quantity, adaptable to any color or size of adult Caddis hatch, high floating and durable. We wouldn't be caught on the water without a few dozen in different sizes and colors in our fly boxes! Check out many other fly tying patterns at The Fly Fishing Place Fly Pattern Encyclopedia
HOOK SIZES: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18,
HOOK OPTIONS: Daiichi 1180 mini-barb dry fly hook , Mustad 94840 standard dry fly hook, Mustad 94845 barbless dry fly hook
THREAD: Danville 6/0 thread to match body or hackle color
WING: Light elk hair tied back down over body.
RIBBING: Fine gold wire tied in at the rear of the hook and wrapped forward through the hackle.
BODY: Dubbed Hare's Mask. We like Hareline Haretron dubbing in colors to match the hatch.
HACKLE: Furnace or Coachman Brown palmered forward.
HEAD: Butts of the elk hair pushed back with your thumbnail.
HEAD FINISH: Water base head cement.
Posted by Nick at 4/12/2010 11:12 AM 
Categories: Fly of the Week, Fly Tying
Tags: The Fly Fishing Place elk hair caddis how to tie fly tying hooks dry fly flytying flies
Categories: Fly of the Week, Fly Tying
Tags: The Fly Fishing Place elk hair caddis how to tie fly tying hooks dry fly flytying flies
Best caddis dry on the planet!
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great fly we use it on the Arkansas river with many variations
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