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The CDC Hendrickson is my favorite version of the Hendrickson patterns that I tie due to the fact that it fishes well over the majority of the hatch. Great footprint and floats well. This is the first, and quite often last pattern that I reach for.


CDC Hendrickson Recipe


Hook: Standard Dry #12
Thread: Rusty Brown 8/0 Uni-thread
Tail: Medium Pardo CDL
Abdomen: Olive Brown/Sulfur Spectrablend (hand blended)
Hackle: #14 Greenwell
Wing: 2 Dun CDC

For a full tying video, click on the link below:
http://ralphsflybox.blogspot.com/201...ndrickson.html