cdc dubbing

[horses50]

I want tie up some czech nymphs and a lot of the tyers are useing cdc dubbing for the thorax area,nearly died when i seen the price of it. Could i not use seals fur and get the same effect?

[madjoni]

Originally Posted by horses50

I want tie up some czech nymphs and a lot of the tyers are useing cdc dubbing for the thorax area,nearly died when i seen the price of it. Could i not use seals fur and get the same effect?

I dont understand why you have to by CDC dubbing ?

[colinmac]

Cdc is not that expensive. Check out some of the retailers on the forum. You can get natural & dyed feathers.

[emerger1981]

to put it clearer.. dub the body with whatever then use a dubbing loop with CDC over the top then shell it

[horses50]

Iwas looking at youtube and davie mcphail was tying a CZECH STYLE NYMPH and he was useing the cdc dubbing on the thorax area to form the legs.

[lhomme]

CDC feathers give you more movement. Both in nymphs and dries. They float better due to the grease content so I would go sparse on them in sinking imitations. They aren't that cheap because each duck has only a handful. When I use them for dry flies I keep the fluff for dubbing. You can cut it up for dubbing bodies or use longer fibers in a dubbing loop to imitate legs (larvae, gammarus, water hoglouse...).

Regards,
Johan

[2604]

Hi

try barrio flyline The Fly Line Shop he has cdc which would be fine for your purpose and he has a few colours to choose from aswell.

Alan

[arkle]

Johnan, it's the actual structure of the feather rather than it's "grease content" that makes c.d.c. so buoyant. They will not float a leaded Czech style, or for that matter any other leaded nymph as there simply isn't enough volume in the feathers to counteract the mass & weight of the lead.

Even if you add grease, the same applies.

[lhomme]

Originally Posted by arkle

They will not float a leaded Czech style, or for that matter any other leaded nymph as there simply isn't enough volume in the feathers to counteract the mass & weight of the lead.

Hello Arkle,
you're right of course, on a leaded pattern it won't make any difference.

Thanks for the info on the buoyancy, didn't know that.

Regards,
Johan