Tying CDC Bodies and Legs

[scotfly]

I would recommend that you tie the wing exactly as Hans describes. Once you get used to it, measuring and cutting the wings before tying in makes it much easier than cutting them after tying in.

[Tim]

My tie which caught some very decent fish on the chalkstreams around mayfly time. This is a size 12. I prefer Elk Hair to bleached deer hair in the larger sizes.



Any advice on dying cdc? I've got tons of natural stuff collected this winter but like the olive colouring. There was a thread about using bleach but I couldn't make it work. Any ideas?

Tim

[scotfly]

I've always bought my dyed cdc so haven't tried dying it.
A quick search on threw up this link.. http://www.iffa.org.uk/dyingcdc.htm

[Tim]

I'll give both a try and report back.

Think my problem with bleach last time was I used it fairly neat rather than in solution - ended up with cdc herl.

Thanks

Tim