CDC Cripple Stacker SBS

[ScottP]

Tied here as a PMD; change colors/size to suit your needs.

hook - Dai Riki 305 #16
thread - Danville 6/0 pale yellow
loop - Danville Flat wax cream
rib - x-small wire copper
body - pheasant tail (optional - use same dubbing as thorax)
shuck/shellback - Congo Hair brown
thorax - dubbing pale yellow
wing - CDC cream
hackle - ginger

Part 1

mash barb, start thread; tie in rib, wrap to bend




tie in PT; wrap to 2/3 mark, tie off/trim






tie in CH; pull back, trap at bend with wire, rib body to 2/3 mark, helicopter end, trim shuck (gap width)








measure (shank) a pair of CDC tips; tie in






tie in loop

[ScottP]

Part 2

tie in hackle




hook the loop in the gallows; wrap hackle up (thorax width) and down, tie off/trim






dub thread/dub thorax






pull hackle forward




tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN








Regards,
Scott

[Bruce Norikane]

Beautiful and natrural, Scott! Your hackle stackers are awesome.

Does this pattern float horizontal or vertical? and where do you put the floatant?

Most cripple patterns are fished vertically and work very well. When I see bugs stuck to a shuck floating by, they are always horizontal with shuck in the film. Sometimes the fish get picky for vertical and sometimes horizontal.

[ScottP]

Bruce,

Thanks. The ones I tied floated pretty much horizontally; I just apply floatant to the front half.

Regards,
Scott