I have thousands of flies at my disposal and carry quite a few flies with me when I go fishing. The funny thing is that before I even get in my car to travel to my destination, I know there is only 1 fly I will be using (of course in various sizes and colors).

When the orvis store on Rt. 17 in NJ was closing its doors, they were selling flies for .50 each. I purchased each and every one of these because I knew how great they'de been to me. Now you can't find them anywhere. If you want one, you'll have to tie it yourself. It's a fairly simple tie but simple for me might not be simple for you. Keep in mind that if I tie 12 flies per year, that's alot!

The other day seeing that I only had 12 or so of these left and I couldn't find them anywhere, I sat down and started tying this bad boy in different shapes and sizes. So what does it look like?

Pretty simple, right! This is a gray CDC wing rubber leg, body color of your choice. So let's see how my fly stacks up to the original.

Step 1: Choose thread, hook, body, legs, and a few nice pieces of CDC. I use the closest color thread to the body of my fly. My favorite is Maroon. My CDC is from Trout Hunter and is gray in color. My father gave me some of his rubber legs. I found some at the Somerset show but not like these. The rubber legs I'll be using are awesome. They are multi color black and white.

I ran into a problem with the indicator post. I don't have any so I figured I'd try some packing bubbles. They fell apart too easily. I scrounged around and what did I find? You know those foamy squishy things you pop into your ears to reduce noise? They came in pretty handy for this task.




Step 2: Tie in your body from the rear as the picture indicates and a little more than 1/2 way, tie in your rubber legs over the dubbing. Tying them over the dubbing will keep your rubber legs in place and easy to work with. Tie a few secure wraps around them and voila... Rubber legs. Notice the left over space we have. After tying in my legs, I'll wrap my dubbing forward, just past where it is now, and I'll tie in my CDC.









Step 3: After tying in your cdc, it's time to tie in your home-made post. Very simple. I tapered it at the bottom to make it easy to tie down. Works like a charm. Let me adjust step 1 here... You'll also need a waterproof magic marker to color your post. Use whatever color you think will work for you. The bright orange was on the original so I used that.










Step 4: Whip finish and trip off the loose ends (which I did after the picture)!
My finished product:

This copy is not exact to the original but it's close enough and I'm confident it will work like a charm. I use this pattern tied in various shapes and sizes for just about every hatch.







.You can click on any photo and it will enlarge. By the way, if you do happen to know the name of this fly, leave the name here!

Thanks!

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Pictures taken before/after/during fly fishing:
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