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

CDC & Elk Streamer/Wet

Articles w/pattern

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
Heavy nymph hook 2XL #8-16 (or 3XL #2-10 for CDC&Elk Streamer)
Thread
Benecchi 12/0, tan
Body/hackle
CDC feather (Type 1) - sparse
Wing/head
Fine tipped deer hair - sparse

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