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Harrop's CDC Biot Dun PMD

Dry Fly · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard dry (TMC 100), 16-20
  • Thread Pale yellow 14/0

Materials

  • Microfibetts (split tails) Dun microfibetts (few fibers)
  • Turkey or goose biot Pale yellow/PMD (one (abdomen))
  • CDC feathers Natural dun cdc feather (2 (wing))
  • Superfine dubbing PMD pale yellow (thorax)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread at the 70% mark and lay a thin base back to the bend.
  2. Tie in a small bunch of dun Microfibetts, then figure-8 a tiny ball of dubbing at their base to flare them into two V-splayed tails, one shank long.
  3. Tie in a pale yellow biot by the tip at the bend, notched edge set so the wound biot shows a fine raised rib.
  4. Wind the biot forward in touching turns to the 65% mark for a segmented abdomen and tie off.
  5. Stack two CDC feathers tip-to-tip, measure one shank length, and bind them upright as a single clumped wing; take a couple of turns around the base to stand it up.
  6. Dub a slim thorax of pale yellow superfine around and in front of the wing, figure-8ing to seat it.
  7. Whip finish under the eye, no cement on the CDC.

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