
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
CDC (cul-de-canard) feathers have extraordinary water-resistant properties. They grow near the preen glands of ducks and their lightness and buoyancy makes them invaluable feathers for tying dry flies, emergers and nymphs.The world's most innovative flytyers have discovered new ways of using these versatile CDC feathers. This book demonstrates their very latest CDC tying techniques and fly patterns. The patterns they have invented are often ingeniously simple, requiring easy tying steps and very few additional materials. Today many anglers choose to fish exclusively with CDC flies.Tying Flies with CDC is the definitive guide to this unique feather. It draws on the international ideas of celebrated flytyers: Dutch experts Piet Weeda, Hans van Klinken and Theo Bakelaar; Marc Petitjean of Switzerland and Marjan Fratnik of Slovenia; Elie Beerten of Belgium, Nicolas Ragonneau of France, Paolo Jaia of Italy, René Harrop of America, Tetsumi Himeno of Japan, and many others.This is an inspirational guidebook for the modern flytyer.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword by John Roberts
- Preface by Marc Petitjean
- Introduction
- 1: CDC – the miracle feather
- 2: The Origins of CDC Flies
- 3: CDC Developments in France
- 4: CDC feathers – Their characteristics and uses
- 5: Marjan Fratnik – an elegant and simple solution
- 6: Gerhard Laible and the CDC hackle
- 7: Marc Petitjean’s new CDC ideas
- 8: CDC patterns from flytyers around the world
- 9: How to fish CDC flies
- Useful addresses of suppliers
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book
- About the Author
- Also published by Merlin unwin Books
- Copyright