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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

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

Directly to "Nothing"

Nothing...

...here, nothing there: Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there.
Fill up your fly box with nothing here

Read more on "The Action Emerging Caddis"

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

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More about "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

The Bat Fly

Type Emerger

Originator
Andrew Herd

Difficulty
Easy

Materials

Hook Kamasan B100N size 10 or similar
Thread Black
Body Black/grey dubbing mix
Rib Tying thread (or horses mane)
Hackle A dark blue dun with a golden badger wound through it. In front of that a negrisco Coq de Leon or failing that, any very soft long hackled henny black or badger hackle
Wing A pinch of deer hair

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