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Uses for Elk Hair Caddis

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IMITATES

SIZES

COLORS

WHERE USED

PRESENTATION

Weedy water caddis Adult

14-16

Body: dark green; Wing: dark brown, black

Bankwater near foilage

standard dry fly

Weedy water caddis Egg-layer

14-16

Body: black; Wing: black

Slow-moderate runs, current seams, backeddies

standard dry fly

Grannom Adult

12-16

Body: green, dark brown; Wing: brown, black

Bankwater near foilage

standard dry fly

Saddle-case caddis Adult

14-18

Body: tan, olive-brown; Wing: tan, brown, gray

Bankwater near foilage

standard dry fly

Spotted caddis Adult

10-14

Body: brown, green; Wing: brown and gray

Bankwater near foilage

standard dry fly

Green caddis Adult

10-14

Body: green, olive, brown; Wing: brown, gray

Bankwater near foilage near riffles

standard dry fly

Longhorn caddis Adult

10-16

Body: black, brown, white, cream

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers

chuck-and-sit

Longhorn caddis Egg-layer

10-16

Body: black, brown, white, cream

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers

chuck-and-sit

Northern caddis Adult

4-10

Ginger, brown

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers

chuck-and-sit

Traveling sedge Adult

4-10

Body: brown, green, yellow, gray

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers

skating

Traveling sedge Egg-layer

4-10

Body: brown, green, yellow, gray

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers

count-down-and-retrieve

Microcaddis Adult

22

Body and wing: dark brown, green

moderate to slow flows

standard dry fly

McKenzie caddis Adult

8-10

green-blue body

bankwater near foilage, below riffles

standard dry fly

Yellow sally Adult

10-16

Yellow, brown, yellow-brown

Bankwater near foilage

standard dry fly

Yellow sally Egg-layer

10-16

Yellow, brown, yellow-brown

Riffles, moderate-fast runs, backeddies, current seams

standard dry fly

Little brown stonefly Egg-layer

12-16

Black, dark brown

Bankwater, slow-moderate runs

standard dry fly

Little green stonefly Egg-layer

10-16

Pale green, pale yellow

Riffles, seams, backeddies, below riffles

standard dry fly

Spruce moth Adult

8-10

gray with rust

Rivers

standard dry fly


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