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CDC & Elk Sculpin

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"Big Hole Demon" is found here

Big Hole Demon

Twoface: A classical pattern originated back in the sixties - here adapted for Scandinavian sea trout fishing, but probably also useful for bass and other species as well as the brownies it was originally tied for. The fly is fairly easy to tie and we have made it even simpler.
See how to go about it here.

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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.
Meet the family here

Go to "The Ronker"

The Ronker

Zonker: Rubber legs and a zonker... in orange. The Ronker is a fly for deep dwelling trout, featuring some weight bright colors, mobile materials and not least rubber legs.
See the pattern here

Find "Rolled Muddler" here

Rolled Muddler

Deer hair: I met the Rolled Muddler in BC while fishing for Pacific salmon, but like it so much that I'll tie up a bunch for my local seatrout, and I'm sure they will work.
See how to tie it here

Article(s)

Proceed to "The CDC & Elk family" here

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.
Meet the family here

CDC & Elk Sculpin

Type Wet fly

Originator
Hans Weilenmann

Difficulty
Easy

Materials

Hook Partridge Barbless Ideal Nymph (BIN) #10
Thread Benecchi 12/0, grey
Weight (optional) Lead or other heavy wire, front half of hook
Body CDC feather, natural - Type 1, CDC&Elk style
Wing Pine squirrel 'zonker' strip, chestnut - short
Veiling Deer hair - sparse
Collar Deer hair butts - short
Head Pine squirrel, chestnut

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