Elk hair caddis

What's your favorite combination for it. I mean body color and material, and hackle color. I love peacock bodies with brown hackle, which also seems to be a good option for the trout here.

Regards
Waterfox

Waterfox,

I am sure there are many very effective variations on the Elk Hair Caddis, as originated by Al Troth, but one could argue that any EHC which does not has a dubbed body loses claim to that name http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif

As to answer your question: when I started tying and fishing the CDC&Elk, I drew on the EHC as an inspiration. In it a single CDC feather provides both the body and the 'hackle'.

Cheers,
Hans W


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I also tie my caddis with a peacock herl body, and use either a gold badger hackle or ginger hackle. Fish like it so it works for me http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif.

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Take care everyone and cya around. Mark

I like a foam body myself.

When the sulphurs are hatching, I like the lemon CDC. Dark green when Caddis are coming off....unless they are black, then I change the color to black.....

I'd say the colors I use most often are olive dubbed body with brown hackle.

I like the tan body, brown hackle with a grey-ish tan elk hair wing. Also the herl body with grizzly hackle.

I tie and use mostly two colour combinations for the EHC.
1) Light tan or cream dubbed body
Cream hackle
Bleached Elk Hock wing
And if Hans is correct, I can't claim the EHC name for this one http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif
2) Copper tinsel braid body
Black hackle
Dyed black fine Deer hair wing
-Yaf

[This message has been edited by Yaffle (edited 03 April 2006).]

There are seven different color combinations for the Elk Hair Caddis, that cover just about every category of caddis.

1. Black Caddis
Ribbing: Black or Gray
Body: Dark gray dubbing
Wing: Black or gray
Hook Size:
Brachycenturus #16
Micrasema #20
Amiocentrus #20
Glossosoma #20
Mystacides #16
Ceraciea #14
Neophylax #18

2.Green Caddis
Ribbing: Brown
Body: Olive Green dubbing
Wing: Brown
Hook Size:
Rhyacophila #14
Cheumatopsyche #18
Lepidostoma #16

3. Cinnamon Caddis
Ribbing: Light Brown
Body: Cinnamon dubbing
Wing: Brown
Hook Size:
Hydropsyche #16
Ceratopsyche #16
Heticopsyche #20

4. Tan Long Horn Caddis
Ribbing: Tan
Body: Tan dubbing
Wing: Tan
Hook Size:
Oecetis #16

5. White Miller
Ribbing: Ginger
Body: Abdomen Olive, Thorax Tan
Wing: Cream
Hook Size:
Nectopsyche #16

6. Bark Blue Caddis
Ribbing: Dark Grey
Body: Dark gray to Dark green, or mixture
Wing: Dark Grey
Hook Size:
Psilotreta #14

7. October Caddis
Ribbing: Rust
Body: Rust Abdomen, Purple Thorax
Wing: Grey
Hook Size:
Discosmoecus #4 thru #8

~Parnelli