What do you tie with grizzly hackle?

[Concrete Pete]

Title is self explanatory. I came into a nice grizzly saddle. Size 16-18. Looking for inspiration and wondering what you guys would tie. I’ve got some ideas, but I don’t want to waste the hackle.

 

[cowhornedspike]

Adams or Parachute adams.

 

[F.A.R.R.]

Be great for palmering your elk hair Caddis and stimulators- they do well under sized a little so it would work well for your 16’s and 14’s.

Personally I’d also use it for hackle on any dry fly that was either a 16 or 18. Not sure if fish key in on the color of hackle at all. Seems they key in more on body size, how the fly sits in (on) the water and maybe the color of the body. That really rings true for ruff and tumble freestone streams the Southern Appalachins

 

[NCHillbilly]

Probably 3/4 or more of the dry fly patterns I tie use grizzly hackle, or a mixture of grizzly and brown. Lots of nymphs and streamers, too. If I could only have one color of hackle, it would be grizzly (or dominecker as we call it up here.) It's just naturally buggy. Most traditional southern Appalachian trout flies use grizzly or grizzly/brown mixed hackle.

Examples of some patterns I use grizzly on: Adams, Female Adams, Yellow Palmer, Orange Palmer, Charlie Whopper, Elkhair Caddis, Stimulator, Adams Variant, Hippie Stomper, Jack Cabe Hopper, Fore and Aft, Hazel Creek, and many more.

 

[Concrete Pete]

Probably 3/4 or more of the dry fly patterns I tie use grizzly hackle, or a mixture of grizzly and brown. Lots of nymphs and streamers, too. If I could only have one color of hackle, it would be grizzly (or dominecker as we call it up here.) It's just naturally buggy. Most traditional southern Appalachian trout flies use grizzly or grizzly/brown mixed hackle.

Examples of some patterns I use grizzly on: Adams, Female Adams, Yellow Palmer, Orange Palmer, Charlie Whopper, Elkhair Caddis, Stimulator, Adams Variant, Hippie Stomper, Jack Cabe Hopper, Fore and Aft, Hazel Creek, and many more.

Thanks. It’s a nice saddle so I don’t want to waste it.

 

[NCHillbilly]

The great thing about those saddles is that you can often hackle several flies from one feather.

 

[Robust Redhorse]

Grizzly is used in many saltwater patterns.

It is probably used in more flies than any other color.

 

[Concrete Pete]

Started with a front end loader caddis. Lot of fun. The hackle stack technique is awesome.

The natives liked it as well (fly is pink spot near dorsal fin).