CDC and Elk Variation

This is one of my favorite and most productive small stream flies. It is basically just the standard CDC and Elk fly, but I use a dark deer hair instead of the normal bleached elk hair and add a bright post and some flash to the fly. 

MATERIALS

HOOK: Dohiku HD301

BODY: CDC

WING: Deer Hair

FLASH: Krystal Flash

POST: Antron Yarn

The CDC and Elk Family - Global Flyfisher

Have a look on the Global Fly Fisher site for the new article on the magic CDC and Elk fly. It is a great resource for all the different variations that is out there. There is even a version tied by yours truly. Now you guys can say you knew me before I became famous. :-)

The CDC and elk is one of my favorite patterns and the standard version and few variations is always in my fly box.

CDC and Elk hair Caddis

I spend a quick hour this morning tying some CDC and Elk flies to top up my fly box. I discovered on my last outing that I was out of these and seeing that it is one of my favorite dry flies, I needed to make some more. They are quick to tie and only use two materials.

A quick Step by step by the creator, Hans Weilenmann, can be found on Danica.com.

MATERIALS

HOOK: Grip 11011BL

BODY: CDC Feather

WING: Elk or Deer hair

A variation on the theme is this darker version that has some dyed Squirrel tail fibers added to the Elk hair, as well as a Florescent red antron post to spot it better on the water. The squirrel fibers gives it lots of added movement on the water and lately this darker fly has become my go to pattern when looking for something to tie on.