Caplis Fly

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This week’s fly of the week is called the caplis. I am a newbie to fly tying. Where does one get furnace hackle? Where does one get bleached elk hair? What does one bleach elk hair with? How does one tie the bleached elk hair caddis style?
I need a lot of help and advice.

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  1. go to the HOME section of this Board click
  2. follow down to “fly tying” click
  3. follow down to “Beginning Fly Tying” by Al Campbell click
  4. read.
    After you’ve completed that, head for a fly shop that sells fly tying materials. They’ll be happy to point out the bleached elk hair, and the furnace hackle, and a multitude of other things. Pick up a good basic fly tying book while you’re there.
    The book combined with Al’s lessons will get you on the right track, quickly!
    Many of the fly tying stores also hold tying demonstrations and classes.
    Then, too, you can ask away on here, and you’ll always get answers!
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WCU Boy,

There are lots of places that sell quality hackle. One of the best, and the only place I get hackle, is Conranch Hackle ( www.conranch.com ). Denny is a member here and a chatroom host as well. Your best bet with Denny is to give him a call and let him know what your going to be tying. He’ll sell you what you need without overselling you. Nice guy to do business with and a heck of a fisherman to boot.

There are also a lot of places (check the sponsors pages) that carry bleached elk hair, and it is fairly inexpensive.

Once you have your materials in hand, the wing is tied in on top of the hook shank as seen in Al Campbell’s lessons ( http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/intermediate/part24.php ), as already mentioned by Betty Hiner.

Starting out with Al’s lesson one and working through the lessons will not only teach you the necessary skills for fly tying, it will also fill your fly boxes with a lot of very useful flies.

REE

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Hi WCU

Don’t make things too hard on yourself by being too much of a stickler on materials. Regular elk hair will work just a well as bleached elk hair on most flies (in fact better much of the time). Brown hackle is usually much easier to find than furnace hackle and often cheaper. Brown works great as a substitute. The trout don’t mind…honestly. Good luck with your flies. 8T :slight_smile: