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Elk Hair Caddis (PNW variant)
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The PNW Elk Hair Caddis is the same Al Troth pattern that anchors every Rocky Mountain fly box, but tied in the larger sizes that Pacific Northwest caddis hatches demand. The rivers are bigger, the currents are stronger, and the caddis are larger -- so the fly follows suit. A #12 in olive or tan covers the majority of caddis activity on rivers like the Deschutes, where caddis hatches can turn the water surface into a writhing mat of insects and the trout beneath into competitive eating contestants. It floats like a cork, casts like a bullet, and catches fish like it was designed to. Because it was.
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Where to Fish It
Deschutes River
OR · Freestone River
Yakima River
WA · Freestone River
Klickitat River
WA · Freestone River
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