CDC & Elk Cripple

Hi all,

Following up from the Wyatt video and DHE, here is one of the great variations of the CDC & Elk by Bruce Salzberg.

Hook: Curved medium to light wire hook. Below 16 in my opinion, the use of deer or elk hair starts to get to a point where its ability to float diminishes...and probably best to move to Snow Shoe Rabbit or a synthetic. This same issue is pointed out by Bob Wyatt and why he has the SHE variant of the DHE for small sizes.
Body: CDC feather type 1 or 4 for larger flies
"Wing": Deer hair or Elk...depends on the quality of the tip area of your patch. You want flair so that it is hair with air pockets and thinner walls.

Here is Bruce's page on Hans W's website: https://www.flytierspage.com/bsalzburg/bsalzburg.htm

Here is a great article on CDC by Hans:
https://globalflyfisher.com/tie-better/tying-with-cdc

This is a fish catcher! Enjoy!