Rainy days are great for fly tying; here is a quick tie of an Elk hair Caddis using material on hand!

Size 14 or 16 Dry Fly Hook
7/0 Dacron Tying Thread (Olive because it was handy)
Grizzly Hackle
Hares Ear Dubbing
Copper Wire Ribbing (Gold as well as tinsel works, too)
Elk Hair

Quick Tie - Elk Hair Caddis

Another variant of the Elk Hair Caddis we tied the other day in a Quick Tie demo. This demo uses the same pattern and material that was already on hand. No need to run to the store to buy material. The one difference is this pattern wraps the wire rib over the dubbing body and the palmer wrapped hackle. In the other demo, we tied the wire rib after the dubbing body but before the hackle.


PS: The other pattern has caught 20+ Sunfish and Bluegill and is still going strong! Also, do stay tuned or the follow-up video on the Bubble Fly Rig.� We hope to answer our Reader's question and maybe convince others who want to fish with fishing flies but do not have a fly rod or are still learning how to fly fish!

Another variant of the Elk Hair Caddis.