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CDC Biot Caddis

Dry Fly · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

• Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 14-18
• Thread Olive 8/0

Materials

• Abdomen Olive or tan material (Goose biot)
• Wing Natural dun wing bud (One or two CDC feathers)
• Thorax Brown permanent marker (Fine dubbing)

How to tie it

1. Mount the hook and run a thread base to the bend.
2. Tie in a biot by the tip and wrap it forward to the 70% mark for a slim, segmented abdomen.
3. Stack one or two CDC feathers and tie them in as a down-wing tented over the body, extending just past the bend.
4. Trim the CDC butts and clean up the tie-down.
5. Dub a small brown thorax in front of the wing to cover the wraps and suggest the head.
6. Whip finish behind the eye.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

Tying videos

• CDC Biot Caddis — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• CDC Biot Caddis — lelandfly (YouTube)
• CDC Biot Caddis — Phil Fischer (YouTube)
• CDC Biot Caddis — Fly Fish Food (Fly Fish Food (tutorial))

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