About the Dark Cahill Trout Fly

This pattern is credited to Dan Cahill of Port Jervis, NY . Many of the early dry flies, prior to about 1920's used wood duck flank fibres for tails including the Cahill. It may have been because American fly tiers began having difficulty obtaining these feathers and/or the influence of Reuben Cross and other Catskill style tiers, but made from good stiff hackle barbs became the norm.

Expert Tip:

Wouldn't it be ironic if, because of the tremendous impact of genetic hackle breeding towards smaller size hackle and the improved availability of wood duck, we tiers revert back to using wood duck flank for tailing. Allan Podell

Creator of this trout fly: Dan Cahill

Tier of this trout fly: Allan Podell

Country of origin for this trout fly: America - Catskills

This trout fly is designed to be fished on Rivers & Streams

Dressings

• Hook : 10 -16
• Thread : White or black
• Tail : Probably wood duck flank (dark ginger or brown today)
• Body : Grey rabbit (muskrat, greu fur or synthetic)
• Wing : Wood cock flank
• Hackle : Brown

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