Featured Fly - Biot Body CDC Post Para Hendro

Yeah say that five times fast. The name pretty much describes the fly to a "t", this is just an awesome looking dry fly and fish love it. I have always been a big fan of the profile of a parachute fly, but not so much a fan of the way they land on the water. So I decided to change the post to CDC and this guy will land post up every time. Change the body color and size, you have any mayfly you want. Change the color to the appropriate spinner color, and yup, you have one of those too. It's a great fly to have in your box.

Materials

Hook: TMC 100 sz. 14-16

Dubbing: TCO East Coast - Hendrickson Pink

Biot: Turkey Biot - Hendrickson Pink

Tails: Mayfly Tails 

Hackle: Whiting Grizzly 

Para Post: CDC - Natural & Chart.

Step 1: Make a small dubbing ball at the hook bend. This will help split the tail fibers .

Step 2: Tie in 4 to 6 tail fibers. Then take your thread and split the fibers, making 2 tails.

Step 3: Tie in the Turkey Biot. I like to tie this in, the length of the body, it helps to not break. 

Step 4: Strip 2 CDC feathers, cut the junk off, and tie in. (cdc puffs work too)

Step 5: Thread wrap the post, standing it up.

Step 6: Tie in the hackle. 

Step 7: Wrap the biot forward, keeping the ribs close together.

Step 8: Make 2 wraps of hackle around the post, and tie off.

Step 9: Trim the cdc to the length you like. Whip Finish and cut thread.

 Step 10: Go FISH!!!

Featured Fly - Mixed Up Emerger

This is a fly that I came up with last year. It is a combination of Weamer's Berks Emerger and Henry's Half and Half Emerger. The first time I used it was last year on the West Branch of the Delaware during a high water Hendrickson hatch. It was a fast tie that I did after talking to Paul from our State College store, he said "have emergers; and lots of them", and so I stated tying. Then later that year I tied the same style fly for Sulphurs, Olives, and PMDs, all worked well. So here it is...

Materials

Hook: TMC 2487 sz. 12-18

Thread: UNI Thread 8/0 - (color to match dubbing)

Shuck: Antron - Gold or Brown

Rib: Ultra Wire - Copper, Red, Gold

Abdomen: Pheasant Tail - Natural

Wing: CDC - Drk. Dun or Med. Dun

Thorax: East Coast Dubbing - Hendrickson Pink, Sulphor Yellow

Step 1: Tie in the Antron shuck, tying about 2/3rds down the hook bend.

Step 2: Move the thread back to the top, tie in 4-5 Pheasent tail fibers. Tying down to the start of the Antron.

Step 3: Move thread back to top, tie in Ultra Wire.

Step 4: Wrap the Pheasant Tail fibers 3/4s the way up the hook.

Step 5: Wrap the Ultra Wire forward, making a rib trough the Pheasant Tail.

Step 6: Make 1 wrap of dubbing in front of the Pheasant Tail. Stack 2 or 3 CDC feathers, tying in front of the dubbing wrap.

Step 7:  Cut CDC feathers, Dub a head, wrapping the dubbing forward to the back of the hook eye.

Step 8: Whip finish, and trim Antron tail.

Finished: Here are 2 other variations of the fly, PMD & Sulphur

This Brown fell to a Mixed Up Sulphur last August on the West Branch

This guys fell to a Mixed Up Hendrickson a couple weeks ago on Penn's Creek