Troth Elk Hair Caddis ‘TieYourOwn’ Kit

This is a complete tying kit with all the materials required to tie 24 Al Troth Elk Hair Caddis flies.

The Elk Hair Caddis is a classic dry fly designed by Al Troth of Montana, is an imitative pattern as well as a standard caddis pattern for fishing riffles and runs of freestone streams. Fished to mimic a fluttering adult caddis the fly relies on the elk hair wing for keeping it afloat as well as providing the tent wing silhouette when viewed from below. When hoppers and stoneflies are present, the Elk Hair Caddis will be an effective searching pattern.

The Troth Elk Hair Caddis fly pattern was created in 1957 and it was fished for the first time in Pennsylvania waters. For decades, the standard by which all caddisfly patterns have been judged has been Al Troth’s Elk Hair Caddis, which first came to the fly-fishing public’s attention in a 1978 article in Fly Tyer. In the article, Troth claimed that he had set out to develop a wet fly for his Pennsylvania streams, but his design ended up floating so well that he stuck with it.

Included in this pack are the following :

– AHREX FW500 DRY FLY HOOK – #14

– VEEVUS 6/0 THREAD – BROWN

– DANVILLE’S FINE WIRE – GOLD

– HARE’S MASK DUBBING – HARE”S EAR

– SADDLE HACKLE PACK – BROWN

– SELECT COW ELK – NATURAL

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Due to supply shortages, we are sometimes unable to make up kits with the exact products as shown in the image. If specific materials are unavailable for these kits, we will replace them with an appropriate alternative to complete the kit. This should not affect the end result in the completed fly.