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The CDC & Elk family

Improving the best: Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.
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Brown Spinner

A spider style dry: An old, no-fashion dry fly. The one, that GFF partner Kasper tied right after having learned to tie the Red Tag Palmer and the one, that gave him many of his first dry fly experiences some twenty years ago, when it all started for him together with his grandfather.
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The Simplest Fly

Corked: "What is this"
"A fly!"
"What kind of fly"
"Well, this is a fly that imitates a beetle"
The fly that he showed me then was really huge one, may be about 2 - 2,5 centimeters or almost and inch in diameter.
"Wow, why is it so big?"
"Because I am an old man, I can not see well"
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More about "Tying with CDC"

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.
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Mart's Parachute Ant

Terrestrial: During the warmer months of the year, they are just about anywhere... Ants. Martin Westbeek shows an easy way to tie a good ant imitation that will sit well on the surface and hopefully lure trout or grayling.
See his prescription here.

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Mart's Parachute Ant

Type Dry fly

Originator
Martin Westbeek

Year of origin
2007

Difficulty
Medium

Target species
Arctic char
Brown trout
Grayling

Materials

Hook TMC 102Y, #17
Thread Hyperfine, brown (or black) or any other fine, strong thread
Post White poly yarn
Flash One strand of pearl Crystal Flash
Abdomen and head Brown (or black, or cinnamon) Superfine Dubbing
Waist Thread wraps
Hackle Whiting Saddle, brown, grizzly dyed brown (or black)
Marker Felt tip, brown, black or cinnamon

Tying instructions
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