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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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Redfish Puff

A catcher: Lead dumbbell eyes, a bit of flash, marabou and some deer hair and and you have a deadly fly for fish prowling the flats for shrimp and crabs. It's the Redfish Puff, and it catches more than redfish.
See how to tie it here

Directly to "Tight Line Shrimp"

Tight Line Shrimp

Shrimpin': A go to shrimp fly for tailing redfish from Laguna Madre based fly fisherman Roy Lopez. Easy to tie and perfect for the reds as well as a bunch of other species.
See how to tie it here

Skip to "La Muerte - a tarpon fly"

La Muerte

Tarpon: You need luck, a good guide and skills to catch a tarpon. We can't supply the luck. You'll have to go there to get a good guide. The skill... well, you'll have to hone that yourself. But a good fly pattern, that's something we can help with.
See how to tie Lars Mathiessen's tarpon fly La Muerte

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Goldmine Crab

Crab: A weedless crab pattern with lots of flash and color, yet with a discrete landing suitable for finicky fish. Tied for redfish and other warm saltwater species
See how to tie it here

Goldmine Crab

Type Warm saltwater fly

Originator
Roy Lopez

Difficulty
Easy

Materials

Hook Mustad 34007 size 6. Can be tied in 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
Thread Red 6/0
Tail Grizzly hen feather or hackle tips and gold flash
Front body Orange Flash Chenille
Eyes Burnt 40 lbs mono
Body Gold Mylar tube
Weight Lead dumbbell eyes

Tying instructions

Start the thread at the hook bend and tie in the tail, two feather tips on each side curving out
Add the flash on top of the feathers
Tie in the chenille right over the hook bend
Wrap the chenille a couple of turns, tie off and trim
Burn some heavy monafilament to form eyes and paint the eyeballs black
Tie in midway between the chenille and the hook eye, pointing towards the rear of the fly
Cover the remaining shank with tying thread and tie in a piece of mylar tube in front of the eyes, perpendicular to the shank
Fray it and trim it
Tie in dumbbell eyes right behind the hook eye
Whip finish and varnish over the dumbbell eyes and tie-off point

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