Tan-bodied with a stiff elk-hair downwing, the Elk Hair Caddis floats high and skates well. Sizes 14–18 cover most caddis hatches. The hair wing also serves as a flotation device — you can twitch it across the surface without sinking, mimicking the adult caddis's erratic skating behavior.
When fish are slashing at caddis but refusing your dead-drift, drag this one across the surface a few inches. Caddis-keyed trout chase motion.