I was checking my fly boxes last night for this weekends trip to a Sierra size-12-anything stream, when I realized I was essentially out of a goto pattern: EH Caddis. So I sat down and started tying. The first few, I tied the hackle in the front, palmered back, bound down and spiraled forward light gold wire. Not making progress as quickly as I'd have liked, I changed to the tie in tip first at back of fly and palmer forward method. As the night went on, I ditched the hackle altogether recalling this article:
http://www.cffu.org/FOMElkHairCaddis.pdf
So my question is, what's the best way to hackle EH Caddis's (or is that Caddi?). And if I just went to a no-hackle or x-caddis would I ever miss the hackle?
2 background notes: I'm essentially a beginning tier so adhere to KISS. Typical fishing spots are the Lower and Upper American, and the Truckee area.
Thanks,
Dave
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