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Last year I got interested in tying with CDC and my go to fly so far this year has been one of Hans' CDC and Deer. Any way I went out the other day in the heat and again it worked very well. With the water being clear I saw I had several refusals, I decided to modify the pattern somewhat by tying a s/h. I tied in a hen neck feather over the eye. ThenI tied the CDC in by the tip at the bend and wrapped it forward as I did this I put a small twist in the feather to give it a slightly fuller body. Finished it off by wrapping the hen back, tying it off and then my whip finish. I think this should float just under the surface. I used a 3906B hook.

The submerged CDC should also carry some air with it, which seems attractive to fish when caddis are hatching.

That fly is gonna KILL.......CDC is FANTASTIC stuff, both for fishin' flys and otherwise........for instance it is what Mike Radencich reccommneds using as a good sub for Toucan. Good luck with it.

What colors do you recommend? I'd like to give these a try.

Where's the rest of the story? More or less refusals? Inquiring mind wants to know.

Yeah, and where is the fly photo and recipe?

letumgo wrote:What colors do you recommend? I'd like to give these a try.

Since they were taking a black CDC and deer on the surface, for whatever reason I tied them in black. The only thing I can think of is that they thought they were ants although they did not look at the ants that were presented to them.

Old Hat wrote:Where's the rest of the story? More or less refusals? Inquiring mind wants to know.

I'll let you know how they work after I go on Wed.

letumgo wrote:Yeah, and where is the fly photo and recipe?

Your a funny guy...

Bob, I tied some of these up just the last couple weeks (natural cdc, natural partridge) but haven't had a chance to try them out. Looking forward to your report.

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