I had bad luck tying the elk hair caddis (EHC) in my early months at the vice. I switched to the X Caddis, which is a superb pattern, but your video renewed my interest in the EHC and now I've mastered the design.
Man some of these flies just stand out above the rest. I guess that is what has made them time proven fish catchers. This is an awesome looking fly. Great video and job of tying this one Matt. Thank you for that little trick with twisting the stacker. Pretty cool little tip there Sir. Well done my friend. Thank you.
I have never thought to whip finish before trimming the hair. Definitely going to start tying mine that way now! And congratulations to the winner of the gift card!
Thanks for the note Dave. And yeah, I've only seen that whip finish method (under the hair) in one book. It was the Tom Rosenbauer book of "Essential American Flies."
The Elk Hair Caddis is one of those 'must have' flies in any box. Easy to tie, very effective and can be tied in a variety of styles, sizes and colors. It just looks so 'buggy'!
Thanks Mike. The EHC I actually use the most has a CDC body instead of dubbing and hackle. But I wanted to tie the original before doing any variants. Thanks for the note my friend!
Al had something amazing here! I love that you credit the tiers (is that the correct way to spell that?) and give a little history about how it got developed. Your finite motor skills are amazing. This seems like a hobby that surgeons would be great at
Funny you mention that, my favorite tying tools are from a company that was started by a former surgeon, Dr. Slick. (I thing the spelling is fly tying, tyer, tyers.) I get that wrong sometimes since spellcheck recognizes "tiers" as a word as well! Oh yeah, I saw you hit 300 subs yesterday. Congrats!
Matt, somehow I missed this video. Does help the metrics if you get a “like” long after a video is posted? The trick of turning your stacker to align the tip curves is really nifty. Haven’t seen it before.
Hey Matt, just watched this masterpiece that you created, it got me into thinking: Do you sell them somewhere? or do you have a fishing business? Sorry, just curious. Very cool idea with the poker chips at the end, I've been thinking about how to make a giveaway and be transparent about it. I do have to tell you, my son says I'm #1 dad, so I don't know why you would have a cup like that! lol It's good to see you around and this tutorials are truly amazing. Good job.
Ha! You probably are the #1 dad now. My kids are almost teenagers so I'm not as cool as I used to be. As for selling flies- no, that really takes tying them by the hundreds. When I do end up with a bunch, I just give them away. Maybe I'll start giving them away on the site. Thanks for giving me the idea! 😁😁
I had bad luck tying the elk hair caddis (EHC) in my early months at the vice. I switched to the X Caddis, which is a superb pattern, but your video renewed my interest in the EHC and now I've mastered the design.
Man some of these flies just stand out above the rest. I guess that is what has made them time proven fish catchers. This is an awesome looking fly. Great video and job of tying this one Matt. Thank you for that little trick with twisting the stacker. Pretty cool little tip there Sir. Well done my friend. Thank you.
This us one of the smaller hook choices I will make for box. Thank you
I have never thought to whip finish before trimming the hair. Definitely going to start tying mine that way now! And congratulations to the winner of the gift card!
Thanks for the note Dave. And yeah, I've only seen that whip finish method (under the hair) in one book. It was the Tom Rosenbauer book of "Essential American Flies."
The Elk Hair Caddis is one of those 'must have' flies in any box. Easy to tie, very effective and can be tied in a variety of styles, sizes and colors. It just looks so 'buggy'!
I agree 100% Stephen! Why it's been my go-to dry fly for many years. :-)
I found that the bluegill by my house love this pattern in a size 18 thank you so much and keep up the good work👍
Great to hear! I think this pattern works great for lots of species. 👍
Great video! I will give this one a shot.
Thanks Tanner! The next two are back to GSM patterns but than a new streamer and an old classic (Royal Coachman) for next week. Cheers, Matt
One of my go to flies as well.very nice matt.thank you.
Thanks Mike. The EHC I actually use the most has a CDC body instead of dubbing and hackle. But I wanted to tie the original before doing any variants. Thanks for the note my friend!
Great video Matt and congrats to the winner
Thanks Dave, much appreciated!
Al had something amazing here! I love that you credit the tiers (is that the correct way to spell that?) and give a little history about how it got developed.
Your finite motor skills are amazing. This seems like a hobby that surgeons would be great at
Funny you mention that, my favorite tying tools are from a company that was started by a former surgeon, Dr. Slick. (I thing the spelling is fly tying, tyer, tyers.) I get that wrong sometimes since spellcheck recognizes "tiers" as a word as well! Oh yeah, I saw you hit 300 subs yesterday. Congrats!
Savage Flies thanks Matt!
I was just tying the same fly. I saw what I did wrong. Thanks for this video.
You bet Dale; thanks for watching my friend!
Great video, awesome content my friend! Love the things that you share. Keep putting in the work and impacting peoples lives :) 👌🙏
Thank you! Will do!
Matt, somehow I missed this video. Does help the metrics if you get a “like” long after a video is posted?
The trick of turning your stacker to align the tip curves is really nifty. Haven’t seen it before.
thanks ever so much
You got it my friend! Thanks for supporting the channel.
Hey Matt, just watched this masterpiece that you created, it got me into thinking: Do you sell them somewhere? or do you have a fishing business? Sorry, just curious. Very cool idea with the poker chips at the end, I've been thinking about how to make a giveaway and be transparent about it. I do have to tell you, my son says I'm #1 dad, so I don't know why you would have a cup like that! lol
It's good to see you around and this tutorials are truly amazing. Good job.
Ha! You probably are the #1 dad now. My kids are almost teenagers so I'm not as cool as I used to be. As for selling flies- no, that really takes tying them by the hundreds. When I do end up with a bunch, I just give them away. Maybe I'll start giving them away on the site. Thanks for giving me the idea! 😁😁
@@SavageFlies yeah!! Pretty sure your viewers will appreciate having them!! As a beginner I would pay for them!!
@@SavageFlies lol my son is already 12 so yeah, I know the feeling