Very new to fly fishing here. I got two of these flies as part of my “starting set”- I’ve been using them to practice casting because they’re very visible and float over snags. I think they’re dry flies, but when pulled through the water they seem to “dive” below just slightly, which may be indicative of a different type. Just today I was casting one out over still water with clear signs of fish activity and retrieving it almost like a tiny jerkbait (tug, long pause, then tug again, so that it looks like an injured thing stuck at the top of the water), and while I wasn’t able to set the hook a fish did bite it, which marks my first “contact” so far with a fly rod.
Posted by Bradley271
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Elk hair caddis. Dead drift it and maybe give it a little skate over the water. Its a dry fly, shouldn’t be submerged.
You can fish them under water if they get saturated in water… works well for me.
I have fished elk hair Caddis on a full sink line and caught a ton of fish. You do not have to follow what is the norm here.
Elk hair caddis tied with deer hair.
Trout slayer. Great fly
Is the body tied with black dubbing as it looks like in the pic? If so it’s meant to represent a Grannom Caddis (Brachycentrus) or maybe a Little black Caddis (Chimarra). Solid pattern for either hatch. Not to mention a decent general Caddis or attractor pattern.