I was messing around last week with some CDC, tying comparaduns, and having fun. I got to thinking about keeping the profile of the fly slim ..... tough to do when using CDC as it tends to bulk up at the tie in point. I then had a good idea. Why not strip off a suitable amount of CDC from the stem, lay it on the hook, hold it in place with two medium wraps, manipulate it so as to tie it in "spinner" style, make two figure eight wraps, pull up the cdcm make four tight wraps at very bottom of base, and dub thorax area while pulling cdc upward, then trim wing to size. Whaddya know .... it worked. I really like the slimmer profile, and now tying sz22 comparaduns is not nearly as daunting. I use this method when using snowshoe as well. You may know this little trick, but in the event you didn't, give it a try. You might like it.