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Elk hair caddis ribbing

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It is up to you whether to tie them with rib or not, but the purpose of the rib is to help protect the hackle and keep it from breaking on just a few fish. Ribbing makes it more durable.

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It is up to you whether to tie them with rib or not, but the purpose of the rib is to help protect the hackle and keep it from breaking on just a few fish. Ribbing makes it more durable.

does it effect the buoyancy?

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Not if you use the right size of ribbing. I use the small or x-small Ultra Wire for mine, and I can't see that it really effects buoyancy.

 

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Any thing can affect buoyancy, to much thread, to much dubbing or wrong type.

i prefer thread if I do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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i bought a spool of small mono which I have been using for all my ribbing lately. I havent tried using any of the flies yet, but they look sharp and you can't tell that there is much ribbing at all since it is so small and clear. i am planning on using it for all my dry fly ribbing. i'd recommend it.

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do all elk/deer hair caddis's have a rib on them that goes through the hackle?

 

the simple answer is no!

 

 

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after a LOT of years of tying, I started using the CC method for palmered flies- tie hackle on at front then palmer back, rib forward through hackle to front. I seem to much prefer that method now.

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after a LOT of years of tying, I started using the CC method for palmered flies- tie hackle on at front then palmer back, rib forward through hackle to front. I seem to much prefer that method now.

 

With you on this one, I find this the best way also after many yrs of tying and trying every method out there! :headbang:

 

Blessings,

Jeremy

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What (if any) ribbing you use is up to you. I will make for a more durable fly. Use the finest copper wire you can find. I use 38 gage copper on all mine. I have a 1 pound spool I picked up about 15 years ago. The same wire size can be found in computer ribbon cabels. These older cabels are made up of 70 individual wire bundles. Each tube has 7 strands of very fine wire. Most computer shops will have them in surplus since the new hard drives use a different kind of connection now.

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