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CDC Micro Caddis

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 18-20
• Thread Olive or tan 10/0 or 8/0

Materials

• Body Olive, tan, or gray material (fine dubbing)
• Wing Natural dun wing bud (sparse CDC fibers)

How to tie it

1. Mount the small hook and start thread at the 70% mark.
2. Dub a slim, short body forward to the 70% mark with barely any dubbing.
3. Tie in a sparse CDC wing, tips just past the bend, tented low over the body.
4. Bind the butts and trim them square to a tiny head.
5. Take a couple of tidy thread wraps to set the wing angle.
6. Whip finish behind the eye and snip.

Tying videos

• CDC Micro Caddis — tightlinevideo (YouTube)
• CDC Micro Caddis — Stone River Outfitters (YouTube)
• CDC Micro Caddis — Lucian Vasies (YouTube)

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