ELK HAIR CADDIS

ELK HAIR CADDIS

Hook : Daiichi 1180 # 14 - 20

Thread : Uni-Thread 8/0 Tan

Body : Dryfly Dubbing Tan

Wing : Elk Hock

Hackle : Dryfly Hackle Brown

Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper

Tying Instruction :

1) Tie on thread at bend of hook.
2) Tie on dry fly hackle.
3) Dub smooth body, stopping just before hook eye.
4) Palmer Hackle over body.
5) Tie on Elk hock wing.
6) Whip finish head.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

Homepage : www.TheFlyBench.com

E-mail : Andy@TheFlyBench.com

Address :
34 Pioneer Dr

City : Fairport State : NY Zip : 14450

When I was 13 my parents gave me a fly fishing outfit for my birthday. That year I spent a lot of time trying to fly fishing on our local trout stream. I caught nothing the whole summer. My dad, not being a fisherman, couldn't understand how I could keep going back day after day. One day a friend of his a work suggested we visit Carl Coleman who had a fly fishing store in the basement of his house. We went to Carl's and bought a fly tying kit, and Carl told us of a man who lived in my neighborhood named Lynn Holt who might help me tie some flies. That winter, Lynn graciously let me come over to his house on Wednesday nights to tie flies. The very first trip that next spring I caught my first Trout. Lynn did not ask for anything for all the lessons he gave me, he did it for the love of the sport. He was passing on a gift that will last me a lifetime.

I've been fly fishing for 36 years now and I can say that I am still as passionate about the sport as the day I started. I've expanded my horizons though, I now feel as comfortable on the sand bars in Cape Cod as I do on my local trout stream. My passion for fly tying grows with every season. There always new problems to solve, new materials to try, new fish to catch.

I hope that through this web site I can pass on the gift that was given to me so long ago.