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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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Squirrel Zonker

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It was about time for an update

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Smallmouth Jump

Suggestion: Mark Dysinger has been chasing smallmouth bass with the flyrod for many years, and during that time he's come across some surprisingly difficult fish. Super clear water and high fishing pressure can make these bass as fussy and easily spooked as any educated trout.
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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.
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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

Diving CDC & Elk

Type Wet fly

Originator
Hans Weilenmann

Difficulty
Easy

Materials

Hook Mustad Signature C49S (or equivalent light wire scud hook) #8-#16
Bead Tungsten, black
Thread Uni-thread 6/0, brown
Abdomen Natural dun CDC feather, tied in CDC&Elk style (Type 4)
Wing/head Fine deer hair, tied short and sparse
Thorax Argentinean hare, dark grey

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