In this week’s “How to Tie” feature, Tiesflies ties a pattern that should be in every trout anglers fly box during a caddis hatch, the Streaking Caddis.
Learn How to Tie This Fly:
Difficulty: Intermediate
One of my personal favorite hatches to fish are caddis. A proper caddis fly can be stripped, dead drifted, skittered, and even swung. When it comes to agility, these bugs will put on their own performance during hatches that entice trout to consistently leap out of the water. As a fly fisher, one has to respect the caddis’s ability to take over the mind of trout and make them behave nearly desperate as they sacrifice safety for a meal. Regardless of what trout prefer for presentation, a caddis hatch should never be approached without a pattern like the Streaking Caddis, a fly that can cover several styles to match the hatch.
Working with deer hair is an art form and in a class of its own in fly tying. Having the practical tools such as a hair stacker will make your life significantly easier and save many materials from poor handling. Deer hair may be difficult to learn at first, but once you get the hang of working with it, you’ll be able to create some of the most artistic flies out there. The Streaking Caddis will be the perfect pattern to learn how to tie deer hair with and translate over to the river without missing a beat.
Fishing this pattern will produce on any waterbody that has caddis hatches. Any rod 1-6wt will cast this pattern effortlessly, with the biggest obstacle to consider being the correct rod for the water you are on. The light weight body allows you to pair this fly with another to create a deadly tandem double dry rig for days the fish are looking up. Enjoy the process of working with deer hair and practice on a fly that will catch trout nearly anywhere in the world, the Streaking Caddis.
Ingredients:
- Hook: Ahrex FW503 size 12
- Thread: TheFlySmith 32D Gsp and TheFlySmith 74D – Champagne
- Body: Antron Dub
- Wing: Winter Roe Deer Hair
- Tools: Rabbit Strip – Peach
Now you know how to tie the Streaking Caddis!
Video courtesy of Tiesflies.
