I was fishing the other night and met a very nice guy as we both headed to our cars after dark. The inevitable "how did you do" moved to "what were you using". He handed me his secret weapon - something that looks to me like a PMD Foam Emerger with CDC for the hackle. He mentioned that oiler puffs were the key.....

So my question is, can anyone tell me how he tied the CDC on? I can't seem to replicate it using a dubbing loop - and I don't know how I would tie on individual feathers. (I fished his fly 2 nights later - I can't afford to loose my sample )

I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions you may have. You can see the fly here:


http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e153/ths500/Emerger/