Published Sep 1. 2015 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited Jan 7. 2020

CDC & Elk Sculpin

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The CDC & Elk family

Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.

Meet the family here

Originator: 
Hans Weilenmann
Pattern type: 
Wet fly
Skill level/difficulty: 
Easy
Materials: 
Hook
Partridge Barbless Ideal Nymph (BIN) #10
Thread
Benecchi 12/0, grey
Weight (optional)
Lead or other heavy wire, front half of hook
Body
CDC feather, natural - Type 1, CDC&Elk style
Wing
Pine squirrel 'zonker' strip, chestnut - short
Veiling
Deer hair - sparse
Collar
Deer hair butts - short
Head
Pine squirrel, chestnut

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