In Belgium, in September, we often have flights of "Protonemura" (Nemouridae) and Leuctridae. If the fish disdain your pattern, try either the 'partridge and orange' or try a pattern with an egg ball in place of the tail, and a cdc tuft in place of the wings. Great fun on small 16-18 hooks.👍
Hi Davie, I use a very similar fly for a long time for grayling. Some time I tie it with a red tail using fine wool or other similar material, on a 200R hooks. It is very comfortable, easy to tie and extremely successful on a north-west rivers of Russia and Scandinavia. Many thanks, Alexander
Morning Neal, Yes it is, I've used this same handle since the 80s, I have attached a link to it for you to see..ATB Davie.. www.amazon.com/Elmers-X-Acto-Aluminum-Handle-EPIX3001/dp/B002NWGZ7K
I realise that this is a variation of Fratnic's F-Fly but I always understood that the original only involved thread for the body and that it was Marc Petitjean who first introduced wrapped CDC for bodies.
I have been tying flies for 50 years. In Belgium and France, CdC flies have been known for ages... Who was the first to tie them?... Nobody knows, what I know for certain is that in the 1970s, the CdC 'Croupion de Canard' in french letter was the "last chance fly". Because the CdC was not sold by tying equipment dealers and you had to kill a duck to tie around twenty flies... It was really a rare material, and the fly tyers kept them for themselves or their best customers or their most intimate friends. In France, in the 1970s, THE technical reference in fly tying was the "Practical treatise on artificial fly tying-Traité Pratique de montage des mouches artificielles-" (H.Pethe-1st edition 1971) did not even cite the CdC, but I fished with French fishermen on the banks of the Traun (Bad Aussee-Salzkammergut-Austria) in 1969 who knew my "Belgian" flies in CdC...But they didn't have many in their box, like me anyway... At the time the Cdc was used in two ways: 1.Replace the wings of all classic flies. 2.-One CdC feather- = -one fly-, with two different tying techniques. -The "Perlican" broadcast by the Waterloo fishing club... -The "All duck TDC": which I learned from Mr Wartique (Mery-Liège) in the 70s... Mr Wartique was an old professional fly tyer at the time, but the CdC was part of its most requested flies. They cost twice as much as the classics(I don't translate "TDC", to avoid being censored-French speakers will appreciate-)... In both ways, the body was in CdC. Marc Petitjean and JP Dessaigne widely disseminated these techniques. Let's rejoice, and thank you to Peking duck lovers for providing us with CdC... Conflicts of interest: none. I'm only (old) Doctor of Medicine.🤣
Hi Xaquín López Gómez, I dyed the white cdc feather cinnamon first though I only used a little dye so that they didn't go too dark and while it's still in the dye I added a tiny amount of black dye which gives the feathers a rusty dun look..The dyes I use come from a wholesale company called Veniards..I'm glad you liked the fly.. All the very best Davie
Thanks for your thorough answer. By the way, the fly depicted at the beginning is a stonefly ( a Dinocras cephalotes I think) They are very abundant in León, where I go often fishing.But it's a huge insect, that I tie at least on a 10 hook...
I have a metz cape that is black , or so I thought , when under certain light it shows up like a medium olive , its kind of off putting , would this bother you if you were to tie say a black pennell with it ?
In Belgium, in September, we often have flights of "Protonemura" (Nemouridae) and Leuctridae.
If the fish disdain your pattern, try either the 'partridge and orange' or try a pattern with an egg ball in place of the tail, and a cdc tuft in place of the wings. Great fun on small 16-18 hooks.👍
Hi Davie,
I use a very similar fly for a long time for grayling. Some time I tie it with a red tail using fine wool or other similar material, on a 200R hooks. It is very comfortable, easy to tie and extremely successful on a north-west rivers of Russia and Scandinavia.
Many thanks, Alexander
Thanks for the pattern. Novice friendly and easy on those of us without a huge selection of materials.
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Greetings from Northern Ireland...I'm going to start tying my own thanks to you sir....
Good luck George and I'm sure you'll enjoy tying your own flies...ATB Davie..
I would never have dreamed of using cdc for a stonefly! Great looking fly Davie. Definitely a few of these for the box😀👍
Благодарю, Дэви! Отличный ручейник! Класс! 👍🤝🇰🇿
Nicely explained demo, great looking fly. Just heading to the vice now…
Stunning davie simple and effective everything a fly should be tks 😊
この方のフライ本当に素晴らしく、魔法のように上手く出来る。何時も真似てます😁
It’s simple perfection. Thanks for another must have caddis.
Boy, if you leave off the tail and add some wood duck horns, it might be an excellent caddis pattern.
Very attractive scruffy looking fishing fly, Thanks Davie
Looks like a great fish catcher pattern Davie...thanks for sharing
Is that an exacto knife handle with a needle stuck in it for a dubbin needle?
Morning Neal,
Yes it is, I've used this same handle since the 80s, I have attached a link to it for you to see..ATB Davie..
www.amazon.com/Elmers-X-Acto-Aluminum-Handle-EPIX3001/dp/B002NWGZ7K
Genius, thank you
I can think of a few ways you could fish this fly, I tie a similar version used as a diving Caddis!
Thanks so much Davie, you're the best😊
Looks like a great caddis pattern too.
I realise that this is a variation of Fratnic's F-Fly but I always understood that the original only involved thread for the body and that it was Marc Petitjean who first introduced wrapped CDC for bodies.
I have been tying flies for 50 years. In Belgium and France, CdC flies have been known for ages... Who was the first to tie them?... Nobody knows, what I know for certain is that in the 1970s, the CdC 'Croupion de Canard' in french letter was the "last chance fly". Because the CdC was not sold by tying equipment dealers and you had to kill a duck to tie around twenty flies... It was really a rare material, and the fly tyers kept them for themselves or their best customers or their most intimate friends.
In France, in the 1970s, THE technical reference in fly tying was the "Practical treatise on artificial fly tying-Traité Pratique de montage des mouches artificielles-" (H.Pethe-1st edition 1971) did not even cite the CdC, but I fished with French fishermen on the banks of the Traun (Bad Aussee-Salzkammergut-Austria) in 1969 who knew my "Belgian" flies in CdC...But they didn't have many in their box, like me anyway...
At the time the Cdc was used in two ways:
1.Replace the wings of all classic flies.
2.-One CdC feather- = -one fly-, with two different tying techniques.
-The "Perlican" broadcast by the Waterloo fishing club...
-The "All duck TDC": which I learned from Mr Wartique (Mery-Liège) in the 70s... Mr Wartique was an old professional fly tyer at the time, but the CdC was part of its most requested flies. They cost twice as much as the classics(I don't translate "TDC", to avoid being censored-French speakers will appreciate-)...
In both ways, the body was in CdC.
Marc Petitjean and JP Dessaigne widely disseminated these techniques.
Let's rejoice, and thank you to Peking duck lovers for providing us with CdC...
Conflicts of interest: none. I'm only (old) Doctor of Medicine.🤣
Brilliant,Davie thank you ♥️👍
Thats the one davie! Brilliant 👍
Big fan of this fly - thanks davie
Ģracias
What is the colour exactly? grey, brown-greysh ( so called "natural")? Beautiful, anyway. Thanks.
Hi Xaquín López Gómez,
I dyed the white cdc feather cinnamon first though I only used a little dye so that they didn't go too dark and while it's still in the dye I added a tiny amount of black dye which gives the feathers a rusty dun look..The dyes I use come from a wholesale company called Veniards..I'm glad you liked the fly..
All the very best Davie
Thanks for your thorough answer. By the way, the fly depicted at the beginning is a stonefly ( a Dinocras cephalotes I think) They are very abundant in León, where I go often fishing.But it's a huge insect, that I tie at least on a 10 hook...
I have a metz cape that is black , or so I thought , when under certain light it shows up like a medium olive , its kind of off putting , would this bother you if you were to tie say a black pennell with it ?
Thx, is that wet or dry flies?
Hi amir ammir,
It's a dry fly though you could easily fish it like a wet fly..
All the very best Davie
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beautiful
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