Wood Grouse & Biot (watch out: white background!)
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Re: Wood Grouse & Biot (watch out: white background!)
Cdc floats fine for a while, but it gets waterlogged and loses its bouyancy before very long. Some of the lost bouyancy can be restored by false casting or, even better, drying with an amadou patch. A dusting of powdered floatant such as Frog Fanny will also help.
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Re: Wood Grouse & Biot (watch out: white background!)
Experimenting with CdC to get the fly to float in the surface film. Anyone have experience with that?
Stendalen,
Allen McGee showed us this technique in his book. I have fished cdc/soft hackles the last couple of seasons - they float very well, and like tie2fish says, a couple of false casts are enough to keep them on the surface. Here's one of mine, tied with Pearsall's Hot Orange, touch dubbed with hare's ear, gold rib and a couple of wraps of cdc and grouse.
Stendalen,
Allen McGee showed us this technique in his book. I have fished cdc/soft hackles the last couple of seasons - they float very well, and like tie2fish says, a couple of false casts are enough to keep them on the surface. Here's one of mine, tied with Pearsall's Hot Orange, touch dubbed with hare's ear, gold rib and a couple of wraps of cdc and grouse.
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