09-04-2007, 07:08 PM
[black][size 3]It's an old and boring story, but it represents a modification of a standard pattern that works.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]Several years ago, I would take my family for a week to Yellowstone park every year to fish the Yellowstone river. In early August, there is a huge caddis fly hatch on the river. I would tie dozens of elk hair caddis for the trip, but it seems that no matter how many I tied, We would always run out. This left me sitting in camp, tying flies while the family enjoyed the area. I would get tired of the standard pattern, so I started tying with short cuts.[/size]
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[size 3]I would use either thread, floss, or dubbing to tie the body, leave off the usual hackle, and apply the elk hair. I found that it didn't make any difference to the fish. Since that time, I still tie some elk hair caddis the same way, only changing the color of the elk hair. And really, I have found that sometimes it will out produce the standard tie. I think that the "legless" body resting on the water is more appealing.[/size]
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[size 3]Several years ago, I would take my family for a week to Yellowstone park every year to fish the Yellowstone river. In early August, there is a huge caddis fly hatch on the river. I would tie dozens of elk hair caddis for the trip, but it seems that no matter how many I tied, We would always run out. This left me sitting in camp, tying flies while the family enjoyed the area. I would get tired of the standard pattern, so I started tying with short cuts.[/size]
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[size 3]I would use either thread, floss, or dubbing to tie the body, leave off the usual hackle, and apply the elk hair. I found that it didn't make any difference to the fish. Since that time, I still tie some elk hair caddis the same way, only changing the color of the elk hair. And really, I have found that sometimes it will out produce the standard tie. I think that the "legless" body resting on the water is more appealing.[/size]
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