The use of duck preen gland feathers in the Swiss Jura eventually spread to the French Jura. It was there that in the 1950s the famous French angler and fly tier Henri Bresson first saw flies tied with these feathers.
He modified the local Moustique patterns to one he marketed and called "Cul de Canard" or Duck's Ass (Rump or bottom). It was a comical and playful name and both the name, the pattern and the feather caught on. From that moment forward fly tiers much further afield than the Jura began to know this feather and called it "Cul de Canard".
So from a fun and playful named pattern came fame for the feather and the name we call that feather.
Body: Silk any color you wish
Rib: silk and color combination you wish
Hackle: CDC
The cdc is tied back by making the whip finish knot end on the hackle to hold it back.
Enjoy!
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