Stephen Welsh wrote in message .1.4...

[little snip]

The CDC will give your flies some bounce, if theres CDC in the windg
and you drag the fly under via line manipulation then throw some slack
the fly will pop back to the surface. Can be an interesting.

Hmmmm ... interesting as in the fishies seem to like it? :-)

So am I just getting carried away with my "improvements", or is
there some legitimacy to making a sub like that?

Yes.

;-)

Just as I suspected. :-)

[snip of various substitution suggestions]

Actually some of the Mountain stream fishos might like the Blow Fly
Humpy - Black Humpy with a blue tinsel body -
http://www.flyfishingnz.co.nz/images/flies%20012.jpg

Thanks for your suggestions. I remember seeing the blow fly
before. It looks just gaudy enough to work.

Don't forget you can swing the CDC & E. Variations:
All white for a specific caddis species. Hot orange butts on tan and
natural dun coloured flys for searchers.
Untested green butt models look the goods as well.

Thanks again for the ideas. I was playing around yesterday and
tied up a cripple variation that looks interesting. Stole the idea
from a Bruce Salzburg pattern that I ran across
(http://www.danica.com/flytier/bsalzb...led_cdcelk.htm). I
added an Antron shuck and tied up a couple with olive CDC and some of
the comparadun hair that Blue Ribbon Flies sells (which is really
beautiful stuff, BTW).

I also tied up some more CDC & Elk in cinnamon, brown and dun.
Some I tied up with a bleached elk wing, and some with the comparadun
hair.

Replacing the deer wing with snowshoe rabbit on a few patterns might be
worth a try.

Excellent. I've got a couple of feet but haven't yet incorporated
them into any patterns. I'll definitely give that a try.

Thanks, mate. :-)


Chuck Vance