Along the years the hackle used for the popular Catskill dry fly called the Light Cahill went more cream coloured but I think it looks nicer with a ginger hackle as it was tied in the early days.
Mike Valla says:
"Jay, for years the hackle shade you selected was the shade used for Light Cahills---in the Catskills. Overtime, the hackle shade changed to almost a cream....so different and not at all what we traditionally used. The late Ralphy Graves and I often discussed and point out this fact."
Light Cahill tied by Elsie Darbee:
Another Light Cahill tied by Elsie Darbee:
Flies tied by Rube Cross, in the middle a Light Cahill
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