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Many of us have a "group" of special flies that we’ve been tying
for years, or maybe you are just getting started. If we are honest
there are many ways to tie the same "basic" fly so here’s a simple
question for everyone. If you have let’s say 10 special flies how
many ways do you tie that fly ? ( I understand the differences in
lifecycle, but I mean just different ways of tying a pattern.)

Let’s use one of the "basics" to fly fishing, the Elk Hair Caddis.
I myself have tied at least 6-8-10 variations of that fly. Different
hackle, different hair, different body material. My latest uses
Crystal Flash to wrap the shank (3-4 strands) tied in at the
bend, then wound up/down the shank till I use it all up. Then
palmer wrap a light brown hackle, then finish off with the Elk
Hair overwing & head.

This Crystal flash method gives that extra sparkle that has
produced good results. My youngest daughter just gave me
on Monday a page out of our local paper showing a local
tier & the fly shown in the article was this version of the
Elk Hair Caddis.

How about you ??

Tie One On,
Fisher of Men