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CDC Paraloop Mayfly

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Borisfly (video)

  • Hook Standard dry fly hook, 14
  • Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

  • Thread 8/0, brown thread
  • Body Stripped peacock quill, natural
  • Tail Three synthetic elastic tail fibres
  • Wing CDC, two colours: grey and rusty red, in a split-thread loop
  • Thorax Synthetic dubbing, black
  • Coating Varnish over the quill body

How to tie it

  1. Start the brown thread a little behind the eye and trim the tag. (D6SFbEBBYak 0:43)
  2. Strip a peacock quill, trim its tip and tie it in along one side of the shank down to the bend. (D6SFbEBBYak 1:13)
  3. Tie in three synthetic tail fibres on top of the shank, set them one and a half to two times the body length, and bind them down. (D6SFbEBBYak 2:11)
  4. Build a slightly tapered underbody with thread. (D6SFbEBBYak 3:30)
  5. Wrap the quill forward in tight touching turns for a segmented body, tie it off behind the eye and trim. (D6SFbEBBYak 3:49)
  6. Stack a grey and a rusty red CDC feather, strip the fibres and hold them in a clip. (D6SFbEBBYak 5:09)
  7. Split the thread with a twister tool and dub a very small amount of black synthetic dubbing for the thorax. (D6SFbEBBYak 6:32)
  8. Wax the split thread, lay the CDC fibres between the two strands, spin it and wrap it as the wing, then stroke the fibres back and secure them. (D6SFbEBBYak 7:43)
  9. Form the head, whip finish and cut the thread. (D6SFbEBBYak 9:41)
  10. Trim over-long fibres and give the fragile quill body a thin coat of varnish. (D6SFbEBBYak 10:56)

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