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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

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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.
This may be the method and patterns that saves the day

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Favorite Dad

Warm water: In Virginia, the rivers are full of crayfish. Author Michael Smith AKA Rybolov went last week to the South Fork of the Shenandoah, and in a meter-square area along the shoreline, there had to be at least 30 crayfish. That may be why Skip's Dad works so well there.
Learn to tie the bass pattern here

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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" is found 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

Teardrop Diving CDC & Elk

Type Wet fly

Originator
Charles

Difficulty
Easy

Materials

Hook Tiemco 2487 (or equivalent light wire scud hook) #12-16
Bead Copper bead
Thread Black 8/0
Abdomen Natural (Type 1) CDC feather, wrapped CDC&Elk style
Shuck Amber Z-lon, teardrop style
Wing Fine tipped deer hair
Thorax Black ostrich

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