What Midge Patterns to Use Cree On?

[Letort]

I picked up a Whiting Cree saddle that is midge size. No, I don’t know why it did it, other than its cool.

Any ideas for potential uses / patterns for it for trout?

Thought I would start here before I expanded my search.

 

[RLeep2]

The best use I ever found for cree hackle was the old Atherton #5 dry fly. For a long time, it was one of my 3-4 most reliable dries. I don't think I ever fished one smaller than a #16, but it is a pretty sure bet they would be effective well down into the midge size range. Omit the wood duck wing (or not) and omit the rib and tie it as a hare's ear/cree midge.

That's one idea anyway

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[dc410]

Cree would work great on a Griffiths Gnat.

 

[dudemanspecial]

I would probably use it to tie small adams parachutes and the like.

 

[birddog61]

Prob work for red quill , mosquitoes ,ginger quill , elk hair caddis just about anywhere you would use med to dark ginger ,brown or grizz is worth a try
It's always been my opinion exact match of hackel colors is considerably more important when selling flys.

 

[nfrechet]

cree looks good on the skin but when wrapped around a hook shank the coloration disappears. at least to my aging eyes 👁️👁️

 

[joebamboo]

Cree was the original hackle for the Adams parachutes. It's all I use and it's much easier than tying two different hackles that most Adams call for today!

 

[Bamboozle]

Cree would work great on a Griffiths Gnat.

Exactly...

I have a freind named Allen who tied some Griffith's Gnats with Cree and they were a huge hit with the fish, maybe out-fishing plain grizzly or I wanted to believe it regardless...

As a sideways tribute to Al Miller of Al's Rat fame and as a tribute to my friend Al, I started calling the Cree version of the Griffith's Gnat, Al's Gnat.

 

[troutbert]

Cree hackle is good for Adams, March Brown, and Elk Hair caddis.

And for Green Drake, with the addition of light ginger hackle.

If you want a REALLY simple dry fly for brook trout fishing, just wrap cree hackle the length of the hook shank and tie off. Done.

 

[falcon]

Just use Grizzly. The fish will not know the difference.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Just use Grizzly. The fish will not know the difference.

All the Cree I have is of the type that's got a ton of black mixed in. Its basically Grizzly compared to some of the really light brown Cree I've seen, so I use it interchangeably depending on the size I need. If it doesn't work, I don't reckon the feather is to blame.