How To Tie The Troth Elk Hair Caddis Dry Fly
HOW TO TIE THE ELK HAIR CADDIS DRY FLY
HOW TO TIE THE ELK HAIR CADDIS DRY FLY
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!
HOOK SIZES: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18,
HOOK OPTIONS: Daiichi 1180, Tiemco 100, Tiemco 100BL,
THREAD: Danville 6/0 thread to match body or hackle color
WING: Light elk hair tied back down over body.
RIBBING: (Optional) Fine gold wire tied in at the rear of the hook and wrapped forward through the hackle.
BODY: Dubbed Hare's Mask or rabbit dubbing blends 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.
HOOK OPTIONS: Daiichi 1180, Tiemco 100, Tiemco 100BL,
THREAD: Danville 6/0 thread to match body or hackle color
WING: Light elk hair tied back down over body.
RIBBING: (Optional) Fine gold wire tied in at the rear of the hook and wrapped forward through the hackle.
BODY: Dubbed Hare's Mask or rabbit dubbing blends 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.
