Published Sep 1. 2015 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited Jan 7. 2020

Teardrop Diving CDC & Elk

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The CDC & Elk family

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

Originator: 
Charles
Pattern type: 
Wet fly
Skill level/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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