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CDC Spinner

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook Standard dry-fly hook, 14-18
• Thread Rusty brown or dun 8/0

Materials

• Tail Dun microfibetts (microfibbets, split wide)
• Body Rusty brown (fine dry-fly dubbing)
• Wings Natural dun wing bud (CDC fibers, tied spent)

How to tie it

1. Mount the hook and start thread at the bend.
2. Split a microfibbet tail into a wide V, one shank length long.
3. Dub a slim tapered body forward to the 65% mark.
4. Tie in a bunch of CDC across the hook and figure-8 it flat to each side as spent wings.
5. Add a touch of dubbing over the wing base to lock the spent posture.
6. Whip finish behind the eye and snip.

Tying videos

• CDC Spinner — Davie McPhail (YouTube)
• CDC Spinner — Flytying_Flyfisher (YouTube)
• CDC Spinner — Nick Mango (YouTube)

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