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Elk Hair Caddis

Elk Hair Caddis

Key points

Imitates: adult Caddisflies (Sedges); fish #10–14 .
Fish it: dead drift, or add a twitch/skate to draw attention .
Season: caddis run mid-June → October in the East Kootenay (peak summer evenings).

Imitates

Caddisflies (Sedges) (adult).

Related

Dry-Fly Fishing (Fundamentals) — presentation incl. the skate.
Stimulator — big-water attractor alternative.

Where next

Keep moving

What it imitates Caddisflies (Sedges) The big mid-summer dry-fly event. Caddis (and the larger "travelling sedge") prevail from late June through August — skating/twitching a sedge on a summer eveni How to fish it Dry-Fly Fishing (Fundamentals) The core river dry-fly method that the Creston cutthroat game is built on. Get a clean drag-free drift over a feeding fish, match the bug roughly, and set the h

Proven water Elk River Fernie's marquee dry-fly freestone: wild westslope-cutthroat-trout, bull trout, whitefish, drift boat floating, braided channels, cutbanks and a serious hatch c Reference Hatch charts Month-by-month guide to insect life and matching the hatch.