THIS IS LEGENDARY YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I WAS 6 YEARS OLD

I just used this to make a size 12 with red bucktail, thank you for the help. I learned most of the flies I make from this channel

Still my favorite caddis video.... all these years later.

watched this for the first time over ten years ago :)

I absolutely understand and appreciate your comments and I can't argue on any of the points. That said, I don't ever recall having a hackle break on an elk hair caddis so my reason for using the gold wire has nothing to do with durability. I do think it adds just a little bit of flash which most dry fly patterns lack. I have tried using fine gold tinsel to reduce weight, but the ultra fine wire just seems to work better.

That's actually the way I learned to tie the elk hair caddis but started doing it this way because it's a bit faster and haven't found any problem with durability. I do like the flash and segmentation the tinsel/wire provides.

Wow you have been doing this since i was a year old

@tightlinevideo

4 ай бұрын

Yes, I am as old as dirt.

I love your videos! I finally got my vise in the mail and this is the first one I wanted to try. Not easy lol. Thanks! - Chris Allick

Great stuff as always!

Personally I like to grab a small pinch of the same hair infuse for the wing or a light color and tie a small tail on just in front of the bend. This pattern has never let me down

Hey, Great video. One thing I noticed you do different is you wrap the wire before the hackle.TIP* if you wrap the hackle first and then the wire through the hackle it makes a more durable fly. Great fly, like you videos gperfect instruction.

As I've said before, I used to wrap the tinsel after the hackle but stopped doing that a while ago because it took longer and for me it didn't really help with durability.

Great video

When can we expect to see the EC Caddis vid?? :-)

Very nice

This is an og right line video omg lol

I prefer a barbed hook. Which would you recomend? Thank you

If going to rib it with fine tinsel, or in my case very fine gold wire, then is there any reason not to wrap it over the body hackle, instead of over the dubbing/under the hackle? I'm thinking a bit of protection for the palmered hackle from those sharp little teeth. What do you think, Tim?

@tightlinevideo

8 жыл бұрын

Either way works just fine. Logically yes it does make sense to counter wrap but in practical application I just haven't seen it help that much with the durability of most flies. The exception however is the woolly bugger where I feel it is almost mandatory.

These videos are great as I just started in fly tying. However, after I made this fly I went out to a pond to see if some bluegill would bite and I noticed that just seconds after hitting the water it sunk. What should I do to keep it afloat? Did I tie it wrong?

@MrShakey50

7 жыл бұрын

you can try using a floatant on your dry flies. there are a few brands and they all work well in warm weather. some are powder, some are liquid. the liquid versions may be hard to use in colder months or early mornings. just a drop on the fly and spread it around with your fingers and flick off any any excess. powder versions are in small container and you just drop your fly in and shake it a few times. i've heard of folks using a spray scotchguard type product as well. from what i understand, they spray the flies after they tie them and it lasts quite a while, i have not used this method so cant speak from experience. hope this helps you. good luck out there.

what color hackle should be used to tie this?

Personally, I like Whiting Farms hackle but any quality brand will do. I'm using a natural dun color here.

what do you think would be the best hackle for tying an elk hair caddis because I've been having trouble with the standard rooster cape and even if I fine the smallest feather it's still to big for a size 14 so if you have any suggestions for a good hackle I would love to hear back, thanks

@tightlinevideo

8 жыл бұрын

+outdoorsman 1862 Just about any good quality rooster neck will have plenty of good feathers for elk hair caddis. I prefer Whiting Hackle, but there are many others Metz, Keough etc.

Can i use this video on my website please????????????

Well why dont you wrap the wire after the hackle. It adds much more durability to the fly.

what vise is that?

Wow the quality between your newer videos and this one is far apart

hi world

Do you need wax???

When nothing else works, tie an elk caddis and cast away

@doggoswift6896

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I just tie something random and see if it works 😅