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"Cheap Lazy Bastard" is found 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

See "The Action Emerging Caddis" by clicking here

Action Emerging Caddis

And... action!: This fly is similar in outline to many existing caddis patterns, but has features unlike any caddis emerger pattern the originator has seen. It's based not so much on looking exactly like the real thing, but trying to get a fly to act like it.
Tie a fly with action here

Skip to "Miscellanea Emerger"

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

Read more on "The Bat Fly"

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

Article(s)

Click to go to "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.
Take a CDC lesson here

CDC Para Emerger

Type Emerger

Originator
Gerhard Laible

Difficulty
Medium

Materials

Hook Tiemco 5230 #12-18
Thread Uni-thread 8/0 black
Tail Brown cock hackle fibers
Body Brown mink dubbing
Wingcase Polycelon (color tier’s choice)
Hackle CDC fibers in a dubbing loop, tied parachute style. (Type 4 barbules, in a dubbing loop)

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