river dries

[jonnied17-2008]

A couple of contempary classics, cdc and elk (coastal deer hair )





reverse parachute emerger



cdc loop emerger


thanks for looking, and thanks to rob for the great photies

[Spider]

Great flies, fair play t'you.

[maharg]

Rob must be building a great selection of flies

[corky]

Er,I can take a few pics if you just send on the flies ,
Nice stuff Jonnie.
Corky

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by maharg

Rob must be building a great selection of flies

Aye! that's the only catch mate... flies are non-returnable

I love that loop emerger Jonnie. It's a sweet little tie. Coulda played with it all day It'll work a treat on Rutland

[Hans Weilenmann]

Jonnied,

Nice set indeed.

Question: It looks as if you have twisted the CDC feather on the CDC&Elk. Am I correct? If so, begs the question why you have opted for twisting - I would think it would reduce the number of loose strands which I believe are a major part of the appeal of the pattern.

To compare, here is a picture of one of mine:



Just curious.

Cheers,
Hans W

[jonnied17-2008]

Hans you are very right for some reason I was under the assumption that it was twisted? I think I had seen it in and SBS somewhere? I did a number of things wrong on the one in retrospect- I used a second cdc feather for a hackle at the thorax! Thanks for pointing it out

that is a very fine example.

Thanks for the comments guys cheers rob, I hope the hook holds for the 'bows tut tut... putting my river flies on your res outfit

[Hans Weilenmann]

Jonnied,

Fwiw, there is both a link to SBS and also a 5 minute video clip on how I tie the CDC&Elk here:

CDC&Elk

If nothing else, it may half your CDC feather needs

Cheers,
Hans W

[jonnied17-2008]

thanks hans! study time

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the video is great hans really helpful. Particularly found the bit about tying in the deer hair useful, I'll give that a go next try