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CDC Comparadun

Dry Fly · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

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

Materials

  • Wing Natural dun wing bud (stacked CDC fibers, fanned)
  • Tail Dun microfibetts (split microfibbets or Coq de Leon)
  • Body PMD / callibaetis tan (fine dry-fly dubbing)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and start thread at the 65% mark.
  2. Tie in a fan of stacked CDC fibers standing upright as the wing, spread in a 180-degree arc across the top.
  3. Run thread to the bend and split a sparse Coq de Leon or microfibbet tail, one shank long, into a shallow V.
  4. Dub a slim tapered body forward, building a small bump behind the wing to prop it upright.
  5. Figure-8 a touch of dubbing at the wing base to lock the fan, using half the dubbing you think you need.
  6. Whip finish behind the eye and snip.

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