Egg Drop Soup Caddis

This pattern is Kelly Galloup’s variation of the iconic Elk hair Caddis. The noticeable difference is the addition of an egg sac and the elimination of the body hackle which is replaced by a few turns around the thorax only.  Kelly finds that these changes make the fly particularly useful during egg laying flights.

Hook : Dry fly; #14 – #16

Egg sac : Green dubbing

Abdomen/thorax : Brown or olive dubbing

Hackle : Grizzly dyed brown

Wing :  Deer hair  

Alan Bowers

Fly tied by Al Bowers