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CDC Sparkle Dun

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

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

Materials

• Trailing shuck Amber/brown material (Z-lon fibers)
• Wing Natural dun wing bud (stacked CDC fibers, fanned)
• Body PMD / BWO to match (fine dry-fly dubbing)

How to tie it

1. Mount the hook and start thread at the 65% mark.
2. Tie in a fanned upright CDC wing spread across the top in a 180-degree arc.
3. Run thread to the bend and bind a short Z-lon trailing shuck, half a shank long.
4. Dub a slim tapered body forward to the wing.
5. Figure-8 a touch of dubbing at the wing base to seat the fan upright.
6. Whip finish behind the eye and snip.

Tying videos

• CDC Sparkle Dun — The feather bender (YouTube)
• CDC Sparkle Dun — Umpqua Feather Merchants (YouTube)
• CDC Sparkle Dun — Charlie's Fly Box (YouTube)

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