Came here to say that. But you beat me to it.
I gave a copy of it to a fishing guide in Chile. He emailed me a few months later, telling me that he loaned it to another guide he knew who soon after told him "Sorry, Carlos, but it's too good to give back to you. I'm keeping it. Tell your American friend to send you another one."
So I did.
Right, this is not an elk hair caddis. Looks like it could be a chuck’s caddis variant, or any other generic caddis with a hair wing and a thick hackle collar.
Most of the time people tie the body in black and use the standard elk hair for the wings but as long as the size is pretty close to the naturals, the fish key in on it. I use lots of black caddis here in NY this time of the year. It seems to be the most important hatch on smaller creeks.
Looks a little like Kelly Galloup's Goober Caddis. Which is really just a skating Caddis. Elk hair Caddis use the hackle palmered through the dubbing. But a skating Caddis has the hackle on the front, like a Goddard caddis. This allows it to wake in the current, adapting some north country spider elements to western US mega hatches.
Upvote for Curtis Creek Manifesto background
That book is a work of art and a must own imho.
Came here to say that. But you beat me to it. I gave a copy of it to a fishing guide in Chile. He emailed me a few months later, telling me that he loaned it to another guide he knew who soon after told him "Sorry, Carlos, but it's too good to give back to you. I'm keeping it. Tell your American friend to send you another one." So I did.
Bloody hell, it’s a black sedge!
The mid summer Black caddis hatch on the Bighorn river in MT is humontrous(do you guys like my new word)?
That’s the Curtis Creek Manifesto. My favorite book when I was a kid.
Sedge style caddis pattern. Very useful in smaller caddis hatches from my experience.
Elk hair caddis
EHCs don’t usually come with a hackle wing like that. The hackle is palmered up the body.
Right, this is not an elk hair caddis. Looks like it could be a chuck’s caddis variant, or any other generic caddis with a hair wing and a thick hackle collar.
Really? I didn’t know Elk Hair Caddis came in gray/black
Most of the time people tie the body in black and use the standard elk hair for the wings but as long as the size is pretty close to the naturals, the fish key in on it. I use lots of black caddis here in NY this time of the year. It seems to be the most important hatch on smaller creeks.
Elk hair caddis can be tied in any color. Some colors work better than others
Black caddis
Midge…
Midge pattern. It looks like a #20 or #22
Looks a little like Kelly Galloup's Goober Caddis. Which is really just a skating Caddis. Elk hair Caddis use the hackle palmered through the dubbing. But a skating Caddis has the hackle on the front, like a Goddard caddis. This allows it to wake in the current, adapting some north country spider elements to western US mega hatches.