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Elk Hair Caddis

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Published on Jan 3. 2023 - 2 years ago
Updated or edited 2 years ago

Dry flies

Caddis

Deer hair

Elk Hair Caddis is probably the most famous caddis pattern. For me it was also the scariest one to tie. It was created by Al Troth to represent fluttering caddis flies.
Nowadays i suppose we all use it as caddis and much more. Stones, hoppers, even beetles. Why not. Its an amazing pattern that works well almost always.

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