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Tying with CDC

Duck's arse: Dutch Hans Weilenmann tells the history of the use of CDC feathers in fly tying, covers the different types of feathers and their use and lists both CDC tying tips and a bunch of CDC patterns.
Take a CDC lesson here

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The Bat Fly

Emerger: To tie Andrew Herd's Bat Fly, you will need a packet of Polo mints, a pair of shears and a full-bore rifle.
Read more in this excerpt from Chris Sandford's book Mayflies and More

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Miscellanea Emerger

Emerger: The idea of Joe Kissane's Miscellanea Emerger is based on the idiom of "throwing in everything but the kitchen sink; however, he couldn't justify the length of "everything but the kitchen sink" for a pattern name, and someone told him that the name Kitchen Sink was already used ...so there you have it

See "Cheap Lazy Bastard" by clicking here

Cheap Lazy Bastard

Nymph: Named the Cheap Lazy Bastard because the originator, Joe Kissane, uses cheap materials whenever possible, takes shortcuts (because he's lazy) and the fly is a bastard - the original pattern mated illicitly with the body of any number of famous nymphs.
See how to tie it here

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Nothing...

...here, nothing there: Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there.
Fill up your fly box with nothing here

Nothing

Type Emerger

Difficulty
Easy

Materials

Hook Dry or emerger, size 22-28
Thread Spiderweb
Thorax cdc-dubbing, grey/olive/black
Wing cdc-feather tied as a loop wing, grey/white/olive

Tying instructions

Attach the thread
Dub the Thorax. Be careful not to use too much material.
Tie in a CDC-feather. Pull it towards the hook bend. Stop when 3-5 mm of the feather is still in front of the hook eye.
Make a few locking turns.
Cut off the point of the feather.
Wind the thread a little bit towards the hook bend.
Dub sparsly with CDC.
Make the CDC-feather come forward forming a loop.
Lock it loosely with the tying thread.
Pull it over the hook eye, forming a nice little loop.
Lock it with the tying thread.
Cut off the excess.
Whip finish.

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