CDC Green Drake


 

Hook   TMC 100,5210,5212, 8-12
Thread   Rusty Dun 6/0 o r8/0
Body   Olive/Brown Turkey biot, tied in by the tip, "notch" forward. Antron Thorax
Tail   Wood Duck Flank with Antron shuck
Legs    
Ribbing    
Hackle   Dun, Medium
Wing   Two Dun CDC Feathers tie forward and opposed
Tag    
Throat    
Antennae    
Underwing    
Overwing    
Wingcase   CDC butts
Back    

Tips and comments

 

  More of a "Cripple" pattern than a dry. CDC can be tough to keep clean when fish take the fly,but that's a problem most would like to have . You can apply floatant to the hackle just avoid the CDC.

 



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