AK Best Spent Caddis

Detailed instructions for tying AK Best's Spent Caddis.
Recipe:
Hook: Your favorite dry-fly hook (here, a Fulling Mill 5050), size 16.
Thread: Tan, 6/0 or 70-denier.
Body: Tan beaver dubbing.
Wing: Bleached Hungarian partridge or hen mallard breast feather.
Hackle: Brownish grizzly, trimmed along the bottom.
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[@jzrusty1]

AK Best was a cool guy. Nice tribute to a great fly fisherman.

[@rogerthompson6851]

Still is!

[@mooney411]

Excellent use of a traditional wet fly hackling technique !!! Gonna tie up a few of these!!

[@MrBrysie]

Great fly. Thanks for posting. Best wishes from a locked-down, no fishing allowed UK.

[@mikeenger895]

Here on the White R. in Arkansas. we are in the midst of another spectacular caddis hatch. Saw a buddy tie this fly last week but he had not fished it. I tied up a few. Fished it last two days and it is absolutely deadly. Fish wouldn't touch the "go to" EHC but ate this pattern like candy. Tightlinevideos -- THE BEST.

[@entzijams]

So simple, yet so good.

[@patricklyons5056]

Really like the way you tie this one.
Appears simple !
Enjoy all your posts.
Pat in Cork, Ireland

[@silvertip8k278]

Simple and effective I'm sure...caddis time is coming on the south Platte...cant wait!

[@benpack8361]

Another great video. Your camera work is always impressive. Nice that you give credit to Hans. He has some great techniques. Thanks for the content.

[@dkerkowoutdoors4623]

I just made my first fly!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!!

[@duderoony]

Wow! Super Caddis pattern. I’ll deffo give it a go. Thanks for another one dude.

[@awflyfishing]

Excellent fly👌 great tied👍

[@outdoorsinontario3037]

I’ve used this for browns and rainbows, and when he says boy does it ever work! He is completely correct! Especially, right at dawn or sunset. Enjoy & stay strong my fishy friends!

[@FlyTyer1948]

Beautiful tie.

[@johnshand6176]

Nice pattern and very well presented. Interesting hackle tie. I Will try to match the materials and tie a few up for next season as we are in lockdown and in autumn down under in NZ. Thanks.

[@charlieboutin3341]

👍👍 Nice one..Thanks! (again)

[@spudd78]

It looks very similar to the E-12 fly, a super popular fly over here in Scandinavia.

[@jamesvatter5729]

Great pattern.

[@Y.B.Normal]

Very nice! thank you..

[@jimholland1592]

Hope to see y’all in Atlanta at the Fly Fishing Show👍

[@michaelmiller7371]

Thank you.

[@luisrivas2040]

Nice 👍

[@francisvantuyle]

My favorite caddis fly is one that emulates a failed emerger. It is called a cripple calibatus. The body of the fly Rests below the surface. While the head rests above the water. It is best presented upstream of your fish and drifted over the fish.

[@coreystoner4129]

Grizzly ginger is what I would call it. Great pattern.

[@SAMBARANNA]

wow...keren..😍👍

[@JohnD.1969]

I really wish Mr. Weilenmann would start making videos again.

[@tubaplayer1]

This looks so simple but it's gotta be super deadly.

[@brandonverba3334]

Where does one find a bleached partridge

[@Jim-hv2ij]

Hi Tim,I just purchased a Revolution,just wondering what jaws are you using in this video, cheers

[@ericm956]

Tim, Help. Where can I find a dyed ginger partridge skin? Thanks for another great pattern.

[@dragonbob2924]

What would say is your toughest fly to tie on the channel?

[@flhs81]

The neck you got the hackle from looks like a Cree neck.

[@user-ti3ui1px6h]

And can you tie a fly for fishing in the winter from under the ice?)))

[@MichaelJohnson-lx1lc]

Yes we do it all of the time.

[@icejunki]

He says, "I'm not even going to try to describe it, I just know it looks super buggy"