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Elk Hair Caddis

4.9

(16)

"Elk Hair Caddis Beadhead Hares Ear Caddis Pupa"

"I'd say you can't go wrong with a dry sedge (take your pick, but I'd go with something like an Elk Hair Caddis or a CDC&Elk)."

"I'd say you can't go wrong with a dry sedge (take your pick, but I'd go with something like an Elk Hair Caddis)."

"Dry: Elk Hair Caddis Nymph: Prince Nymph Streamer: Sculpzilla"

"Elk hair caddis, grasshopper, halfback"

"Elk hair caddis, Clouser, pheasant tail"

"Great all around dry fly can tie small and realistic and big and bulky for a dry dropper"

"Wooly bugger Prince nymph Elk hair caddis"

"1. Some kind of bushy hopper 2. Elk hair caddis 3. Some kind of tiny bead head nymph/midge. Size 16 or smaller"

"Elk Hair Caddis, Pheasant Tail, Prince"

Wooly Bugger

4.6

(14)

"Wooly bugger. The basic fly. Its the first fly I tied."

"Black and olive woolybuggers"

"Woolybugger, EHC and rainbow warrior."

"Wooly bugger Zebra midge Some sort of beetle-patterned topwater"

"Wooly bugger. Clouser. Popper"

"Wooly bugger, Adams and foam ants"

"Wooly bugger, Mickey Finn, muddler minnow"

"Wooly Bugger, Rubberlegs, Royal Wulff"

"Black and olive woolybuggers"

"Wooly bugger, stimulator and a hopper."

Clouser Minnow

4.6

(8)

"Those sparkle clouser minnows are gold in my books, don’t lose those two - buy more"

"Clouser Surf Candy Snowshoe Caddis"

"Clouser Minnow, Wooly Bugger, Popper."

"Clouser Minnow- Because its the best baitfish imitator I've ever seen and the color matching is incredible."

"If I could only use one fly in saltwater, it’d be a clouser minnow. They catch everything."

"Clouser Minnow, Prince Nymph, Grim Reaper."

"Clouser minnow, pt nymph, caddis dry pattern."

"Size 2 clouser minnow in colors."

Woolly Bugger

5.0

(7)

"Hair’s ear, clouser, & woolly bugger."

"Clouser, wooly bugger, stimulator."

"For all species : Wooly Bugger, Adams, Popper"

"Woolly Bugger, Sex Dungeon, Royal Wulff"

"Purple haze, hares ear, wolly bugger"

"Adams dry, wooly bugger, and a hopper."

"Chubby Chernobyl, hares ear, wooly bugger"

Parachute Adams

4.8

(6)

"Assuming color variations are OK and 3 patterns for fresh and 3 for salt: Fresh: 1. Parachute Adams; 2. Pheasant Tail; 3. foam Hopper"

"Parachute Adam’s, Rainbow Warrior, JT Special"

"Parachute Adams ALL. DAY. LONG."

"Parachute adams, yellow stimulator, squirmy wormy"

"Parachute Adams, prince nymph and a fat hopper to act as a glorified strike indicator."

"I pretty much only use a parachute Adam’s or Adam’s variant with a pheasant tail dropper for May."

Stimulator

4.7

(6)

"Stimulators, chubby chernobyl, and mouse"

"Stimulator with legs, red copper john, some sort of hopper pattern."

"I tie a lot of flies, but I use the Stimulator, Rs2, and Woolys like 90% of the time."

"Stimulator, Zebra Nymph, Wooly bugger."

"Stimulator, Prince Nymph, Clouser Minnow."

Black Wooly Bugger

4.5

(4)

"Black wooly bugger"

"They're just about all I throw."

"Black Wooly Bugger, zebra midge, yellow popping bug."

Zebra Midge

4.0

(4)

"Zebra midge, stimulator, hares ear."

"Size 8 Zebra Midge."

"Zebra midge, RS2, bwo."

"Sz 18 zebra midge, size 10 woooy bugger, size 12 chubby Chernobyl."

Copper John

4.7

(3)

"Copper john black ants and royal wolf. It's what I use 90 percent of the time."

"Red copper john, green copper john, and regular copper john."

"3 copper Johns."

#10

Pheasant Tail

4.7

(3)

"Pheasant tail, euro pheasant tail, pheasant tails emerger"

"Pheasant tail, klinkhammer, light cahil parachute."

"Pheasant tail. Klinkhammer. Green butt skunk."

#11

Adams

4.3

(3)

"Adams dry (regular as I can always trim it up to make a parachute style), Prince, and zebra midge"

"16 adams, 18 humpy, 18 royal coachman."

"A 16 Adams, a 1/0 chartreuse clouser and a 3/0 Chocklets gummy."

#12

Hare's Ear

5.0

(2)

"Hare’s Ear, Pheasant Tail, and micro pine jig streamer."

"Elk hair Caddis size 16, hares ear size 12 , wooly bugger size 8"

#13

Foam Flies

5.0

(2)

"Anything that a trout eats a panfish will eat."

"Anything foam with rubber legs. They are seldom picky."

#14

Black Ant

5.0

(2)

"Royal Coachman, Black Ant and anything that resembles a midge"

"Black ant, caddis, wooly bugger"

#15

Chubby Chernobyl

4.5

(2)

"Purple haze parachute, chubby chernobyl of some kind, and some kind of crab pattern i can strip for tarpon, permit, maybe bonefish."

"Chubby Chernobyl, Sculpzilla, Red Dart."

#16

Egg Sucking Leech

4.5

(2)

"Egg sucking leech, Parachute Adam's, squirmy wormy."

"Egg sucking leach, Humpy, Glo bug."

#17

Rainbow Warrior

4.5

(2)

"Rainbow Warrior, Chocolate foam RS2, PMX."

#18

Pheasant Tail Nymph

4.5

(2)

"If your fishing wet flies on rivers or streams then Pheasant tail nymph is the untilnate fly."

"Pheasant Tail Nymph, Green Spider, Parachute Adams."

#19

Klinkhammer

4.5

(2)

"Black Klink hammer, black spider, and a hot head nymph probably grey and fuzzy"

"Klinkhammer, blowtorch, wooly bugger."

#20

Adams Dry Fly

4.5

(2)

"Adams dry fly, hair's ear, and the wooly bugger"

"Adams dry fly, pheasant tail nymph, and butcher wet fly."

#21

Yellow Humpy

4.5

(2)

"Yellow humpy, size 12."

"Yellow Humpy, Adams Parachute, Pheasant Tail Nymph"

#22

Royal Wulff

4.5

(2)

"Royal wulf, Olive wooly bugger, partridge and orange soft hackle."

"Add a royal wulf to that and you should be good."

#23

Perdigon

4.5

(2)

"Perdigon, Chubby, Maribu Leech"

"Perdigon, Pata rubber legs, RS2 sparkle wing."

#24

Green Leech

4.0

(2)

"Green leech, chronomid, nymph."

"Green leech, zebra midge, elk hair caddis."

#25

Clouser

4.0

(2)

"For me bunny, clousers, decievers (especially hollow or bulkhead decievers) and articulated baitfish patterns work the best."

"Streamer: clouser (hard choice over a bugger)."

#26

Chubby

4.0

(2)

"Chubby, Frenchie, Egg-sucking leech."

"Chubby, zebra midge, cone head bugger."

#27

Prince Nymph

4.0

(2)

"Prince nymph, woolly bugger, parachute adams."

#28

Black Leech

4.0

(2)

"Black leech, black zebra, elk hair caddis."

"Black leach, lightning bug, parachute Adams."

#29

Deceiver

4.0

(2)

"For me bunny, clousers, decievers (especially hollow or bulkhead decievers) and articulated baitfish patterns work the best."

"Deceiver, clouser, EP baitfish of any kind."

#30

Orange Stimulator

4.0

(2)

"October Caddis. An Orange Stimulator size 8/10 is my go to’s for the next 2 weeks."

#31

Olive Wooly Bugger

4.0

(2)

"Olive wolly bugger."

#32

Mop Fly

4.0

(2)

"Stimulator, mop fly in chartreuse, and probably a walts worm"

#33

EP Pilchard

5.0

(1)

"EP Pilchard EP baitfish purple/black EP Spawning Shrimp"

#34

Green Machine

5.0

(1)

"You only need one in my parts…. green machine!!!!"

#35

Tom Thumb

5.0

(1)

"Tom thumb, Doc Spratley, wooly bugger"

#36

Bead Head Prince Nymph

5.0

(1)

"Bead head prince nymph Parachute Adam's Elk hare caddis"

#37

Grasshopper

5.0

(1)

"Grasshopper, woolybugger, copper john"

#38

San Juan Worm

5.0

(1)

"Fishing Alberta rivers, streams and lakes 1. San Juan worm 2. Bead head nymph 3. Elk hair caddis"

#39

Super Tinsel

5.0

(1)

"Super tinsel, wooly bugger and a yellow squirmy."

#40

X2 Caddis

5.0

(1)

"1. X2 Caddis 2. Parachute Adams 3. This olive body black ribbed perdigon I tie that I call the Kama Sutra Perdigon because it is sexy and the fish can’t resist."

#41

Gold Beadhead Bunny Leech

5.0

(1)

"Smallmouth streamers for my home rivers: 1.) gold beadhead bunny leech size 4 or 6. Probably in olive or tan."

#42

Tan X Caddis

5.0

(1)

"For trout in pa Size 16 tan x caddis Size 16 pheasant tail Size 16 waltz worm"

#43

Mini Chubby Chernobyl

5.0

(1)

"1. Mini Chubby Cherno 2. Higas SOS 3. Pheasant tail"

#44

Soldier Palmer

5.0

(1)

"Soldier palmer, black pennel and daddy long legs"

#45

Purple Haze

5.0

(1)

"Purple Haze, purple chubby, prince nymph"

#46

Olive Perdigon

5.0

(1)

"1. Olive Perdigon 2. Flashback PT 3. Zebra midge"

#47

Micro Chubby

5.0

(1)

"Micro chubby, mini bugger, perdigon."

#48

Zonker

5.0

(1)

"Zonker, clouser, wooly bugger"

#49

PMD Emerger

5.0

(1)

"PMD emerger, pats rubber legs, black rainbow warrior"

#50

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle

5.0

(1)

"1. Pheasant Tail soft hackle"

#51

Foam Ant

5.0

(1)

"3. Foam ant"

#52

Game Changer

5.0

(1)

"Game changer, Clouser, ep minnow"

#53

BWO

5.0

(1)

"Wooly, clouser, BWO."

#54

France Fly

5.0

(1)

"Durable and sinks well, and so many color variations when you change the color of tubing thread or dubbing."

#55

CDC & Elk

5.0

(1)

#56

Sawyer's PTN

5.0

(1)

#57

BH Hare's Ear

5.0

(1)

#58

EH Caddis

5.0

(1)

#59

Copper Wooly Bugger

5.0

(1)

"They're just about all I throw."

#60

Green Wooly Bugger

5.0

(1)

"They're just about all I throw."

#61

Bob Popovics

5.0

(1)

"Some of his patterns are killer pike flies, they are really easy to cast as well."

#62

Humpys, Spiders, Damselflies

5.0

(1)

"Humpys, spiders, damselflies all crush."

#63

Small Poppers

5.0

(1)

"Small poppers."

#64

Foam Daddy

5.0

(1)

"Foam daddy."

#65

Sam's One Bug or Boogle Bug Popper

5.0

(1)

"Size 8-10 Sam’s One Bug or Boogle Bug Popper."

#66

Micro Popper

5.0

(1)

"Idk what it’s called but I have this micro popper that looks like a bee with little black legs and it absolutely crushes panfish."

#67

GFA Hoppers

5.0

(1)

"I tie gfa hoppers in size 12-14 and clean up on gills."

#68

First Bite Jigs

4.0

(1)

"They were very much like what was offered by First Bite Jigs."

#69

Jig Flies

4.0

(1)

"There’s lots of jig flies with bead heads you could do."

#70

Egg Imitation Patterns

4.0

(1)

"Egg imitation patterns glo bugs, scrambled eggs, crystal meth would be good too."

#71

Worm Patterns

4.0

(1)

"There’s some simple worm patterns squirmy wormy and San Juan worm."

#72

Centerpin Float Fishing Flies

4.0

(1)

"Look at flies made for centerpin float fishing, they are deadly under a bobber."

#73

Chocolate Thunder

4.0

(1)

"Chocolate thunder, black sparkle back rs-2, juju baetis."

#74

EP Baitfish

4.0

(1)

"Ep baitfish, spawning shrimp, flexo crab."

#75

MOAL Leech

4.0

(1)

"1. Black and purple MOAL leech."

#76

Psycho Prince Nymph

4.0

(1)

"Parachute Adams, big orange stimulator, psycho prince nymph."

#77

Para Adams

4.0

(1)

"Para Adams, Bugger, Stonefly jig I tie for euro."

#78

Hares Ear Shuttlecock

4.0

(1)

"Hares ear shuttlecock, diawl bach and a Dawson's olive."

#79

Pink Squirrel

4.0

(1)

"Pink Squirrel, Pheasant and Partridge, Turkey Leech."

#80

Halfback Nymph

4.0

(1)

"Halfback, Elk hair caddis, Glow bug."

#81

Ant

4.0

(1)

"Ant, Griffith's gnat, wooly bugger."

#82

Thread Frenchie

4.0

(1)

"Thread Frenchie, Waltz Worm, Egg."

#83

Silver Bullet Baetis

4.0

(1)

"Silver Bullet Baetis, Iron Lotus, Quilldigon have been productive for me here."

#84

Iron Lotus

4.0

(1)

"Silver Bullet Baetis, Iron Lotus, Quilldigon have been productive for me here."

#85

Quilldigon

4.0

(1)

"Silver Bullet Baetis, Iron Lotus, Quilldigon have been productive for me here."

#86