CDC

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If you are a waterfowl hunter or have a supply of unsorted CDC feathers you will find that there are some feathers that are not suited for those fancy fly patterns because of some damage or they have too few barbules, etc. While they can become dubbing I decided to tie the below fly with them.

Hook: Your choice - mine #12, Mustad 3399
Body: Your choice - mine peacock herl
Thread: To match body

I tied the CDC in first leaving the tips pointed ahead of the fly, then tied in the body, leaving the thread just forward of the center of the hook, pulled the CDC back and tied it off. Real simple tie for something that may have been discarded.

Tim

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Panman,

I like that! What do you call your fly?

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I like it, I will have to tie up a fews.

Rick

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I like as well…simple yet has the material the trouties can’t resist…peacock…you can’t go wrong :lol:

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Thanks for the comments. The fly doesn’t really have a name. Guess we can say it is one of the many variations of the CDC emerger.

Rick - I tried tying it with the coot. Liked the CDC better.

Tim

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Tim,
You might use red thread or silk so when you tie it off in the middle it would be a Royal CDC Emerger Variation Something-or-Other.
Joe

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Pan, the CDC I got off of the ducks I shot last year was WAY better stuff than any I have seen in a shop lately. And it is even the color I use the most! I have been eyeballing quackers already, getting them memorized for the early season.

Nice flies, by the way.

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DC.

Thanks for the comment. This CDC was from mainly honkers. It is about the same as that from wild ducks. Just different sizes.

I am happy to say that CDC from wild Oregon ducks/geese has been widely distributed around the USA via the postal service.

Tim

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Dennis Garrison
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:lol:

I will stick with mallards, thanks. I would be lost without CDC, about the only thing I use for dries any more.

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I tie a similar fly, except use pheasant tail for the abdomen. Also, like it on a curved hook.

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Of course now I’m wondering about tying that fly with snowshoe hare’s foot fur…

So many flies, so little time.

Ed