The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly Fishing Blog

This is a quick and easy elk hair caddis pattern. You can tie it in yellow, green, tan and other colors, but yellow is a good color to have in your box in the early spring. I tie in as much wing as I can for fishing heavy water, but you can vary the amount of elk hair based on the conditions you are fishing. This is a great fly on most western waters.

Elk hair caddis
Hook: Tiemco 100 size 12-18
Thread: 8/0 Uni Thread yellow
Dubbing: Yellow fine and dry
Rib: Yellow thread
Wing: Bleached Elk Hair
Hackle: Ginger