Spanish Elk Hair Caddis

[HobbesFly 0]

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by HobbesFly:

 

Spanish Elk Hair Caddis

 

[tyrite 0]

Nice looking little Caddis!! I really like the red in the wing.

 

tyrite

[HobbesFly 0]

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[HobbesFly 0]

Thanks tyrite; it's a pretty simple pattern not much different than the Hotwing EHC from Umpqua, but I've found the CDC body floats it a little better and gives it a buggier look.

 

-Hobbes

 

Nice looking little Caddis!! I really like the red in the wing.

 

tyrite

 

[Claudia 0]

I love the red color in the wing.

Great work thank you for sharing.

 

 

Claudia

[Soft-hackle 0]

Great looking fly. I also like the red in the wing.

 

Mark

[INS 0]

Nice tye. Good looking fly.

[Futzer 0]

Tell the truth, you are going to tell your stream side buddies, you are fishing with Spanish Fly, wink wink nod nod.

 

Cheers Futzer.

[Firetiger 0]

Well, if the situation on river makes a Spanish Fly necessary, then why not? I'm not a prude.

 

The red color is nice way to improve visibility of othervise very dark fly. I sometimes use hot pink, but this looks more natural.

[HobbesFly 0]

Well, if the situation on river makes a Spanish Fly necessary, then why not? I'm not a prude.

 

The red color is nice way to improve visibility of othervise very dark fly. I sometimes use hot pink, but this looks more natural.

 

Thanks for the input! I usually use the Spanish EHC when I'm Spanish nymphing or in low-light situations. I try my best to hide the WingBrite by putting it directly on top of the fly, and it seems to work pretty good. The WingBrite also adds a lot of buoyancy to the fly as a whole.

 

-Hobbes

[Futzer 0]

Hi Firetiger and Hobbes, I am with you. Just having a little fun with the name. BTW what is Spanish Nymphing?

 

Cheers, Futzer.

[Firetiger 0]

Im also curious what the spanish nymphing technique is.

 

Its funny how different kinds of nymph fishing get national names - we have Czech, Polish, French, New Zealand styles and now Spanish. Never heard of a national style of dry fly fishing

[Futzer 0]

:hyst: In the U.S. most of our nymph fishermen are considered "Blind" nymphing, Let me hear from the guides out there, you know what I am saying.

 

Cheers Futzer.

[HobbesFly 0]

Hi Firetiger and Hobbes, I am with you. Just having a little fun with the name. BTW what is Spanish Nymphing?

 

Cheers, Futzer.

 

I was searching online for the kind of nymphing that I had been introduced to by Riley Cotter, who is on Fly-fishing Team USA. He said that they just called it "Euro-nymphing", but somewhere online it said that it's Spanish nymphing. It's basically a three-fly rig: a dry as an indicator, a heavy nymph as an anchor, and a small attractor as a point fly. I could be wrong, but I think that the correct term for it is Spanish nymphing. Anyone with any other ideas, feel free to post.

[willhunsaker 0]

nice tye it looks good

 

 

 

will