Thread: Tying elk hair caddis
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Old 08-09-2020, 12:15 AM
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I get this question.
Adult elk or deer hair simply sucks for small caddis flies.


Baby flies, use baby hair.

I found a coyote killed fawn deer. Only a couple leg bones and half the hide...

Oh my!
That half hide has produced hundreds of the best size 16 and smaller caddis flies.
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