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Elk Hair Caddis
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The Elk Hair Caddis works on every trout stream on Earth, and Alaskan rivers are no exception. When caddis hatch on the clear-water tributaries of the Bristol Bay drainage, Arctic grayling rise with the enthusiasm of fish that have not seen a dry fly in months -- because they have not. The elk hair wing floats this fly through pocket water that would drown lesser patterns, and the grayling eat it with dorsal-fin-first rises that never get old.
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Where to Fish It
Bristol Bay rivers
AK · Remote Stream
Kanektok River
AK · Remote Stream
Copper River
AK · Salmon River
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