Published Sep 1. 2015 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited Jan 7. 2020

Crippled CDC & Elk

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The CDC & Elk family

Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.

Meet the family here

Originator: 
Bruce Salzburg
Pattern type: 
Dry fly
Skill level/difficulty: 
Easy
Materials: 
Hook
Sizes 16-18, TMC 2487
Thread
Brown or gray, 6/0.
Body
One "Type 1" CDC feather, tip tied at the rear of the shank, twisted and palmered forward
Wing
Deer hair, tied-in reversed, Quigley Cripple style.

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