TF Noname

Fly: Charles "Chip" Drozenski, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: TIEMCO 2487 (or equivalent light wire scud hook) #16-24
Thread: Black 8/0
Abdomen: Peacock Herl
Loop wing: One CDC feather various shades (i.e. natural, light dun, medium dun, dark dun)
Shuck: CDC Barbules
Thorax: Peacock Herl

Note: The thread fly is designed to accentuate profile/silhouette and movement of the CDC shuck. One CDC feather and thread. It is deadly on selective fish. The fly can be tied as an upright wing or a cripple.

Tying instructions:
  1. Tie thread in at eye and form abdomen and thorax with thread.

  2. Tie in CDC by the butt about a quarter of the way back from the eye with the dull side facing up.

  3. Loop the CDC back toward the bend and then forward toward the eye forming a wing case loop. Leave some CDC to form an upright or forward wing.

  4. Before tying off, stroke some CDC Barbules back to form shuck.

  5. Tie off and trim. Wing should be forward for cripple over eye or upright for dun.




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