08-15-2008, 05:36 PM
Dryrod: Here is a picture of the cdc mayfly spinner/dun I referred to. Clip the spent wings stream side, and you have a cdc compara-dun. Clip the CDC, and you have a great spinner. Fish it just like it is, and its killer! It brings up fish looking for either stages, and you can see it! In smaller sizes, the body is just thread, no dubbing (to maintain thin body of a real mayfly.) Dub a sparse body on 14's and up. Tail is antron. Spent wings are clear foam, like the stuff they use in packaging. Upright wing is CDC. Floats like a cork with no Gink needed! Just dry it after each fish with your shirt or a "dry cloth".
I use this for ANY mayfly match, spent or adult. Just change the thread. Black for Tricos, yellow for PMD's, green for Drakes, etc etc. Can change the CDC wing color too.
Its my "one and only" bug for matching mayflies, big water and small. Spring creeks, tailwaters, and freestoners. It makes Silver Creek trout seem stupid if presented well!
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I use this for ANY mayfly match, spent or adult. Just change the thread. Black for Tricos, yellow for PMD's, green for Drakes, etc etc. Can change the CDC wing color too.
Its my "one and only" bug for matching mayflies, big water and small. Spring creeks, tailwaters, and freestoners. It makes Silver Creek trout seem stupid if presented well!
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