CDC&Elk (My favourite caddis fly)

[@johngrove4915]

Hello,, thank you so much for putting your work into this Chanel. The first time I can remember fly fishing was 1957. I was 6 years old. Split bamboo rods and silk line was the best equipment of that time. Still love the sport. Your ideas have helped me improve the quality of my flys. Great job!!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I am glad my videos are being helpful. so thank you for feedback. All the best in new year Vladimir

[@Tjk186]

I love the new/different ideas that you bring to fly tying Vladimir...very helpful, always learn something from you videos, many thanks

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Good to hear that. Thanks 🍺

[@zafotbeeb]

I also love this pattern and remember when Hans W. came up with the pattern. Hans is who introduced many of us here in the U.S. to CDC as a fly tying material; back in the early to mid 90's. I got to where I stayed away from Mule Deer hair as it is quite brittle and make for short lived flies

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Simplicity of it is just amazing.... And it it catches fish like crazy

[@duderoony]

The fly (as I would expect being from you Vladimir) is very nice. The educating part was, as always, very clear and filmed great, as always. Thank you for another one dude. They’re always appreciated. Thank you. 😊

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thank you so much for this wonderful comment and for watching the video. Cheers and tight lines 🍺🍺

[@schmoonkie]

Great demonstration yet again. I'll be sure to tie a number of these flies for my Summer fishing. Thanks also for the tip on Wayne Luallen's videos. Regarding tying in the deer hair, the second method credits Kelly Galloup of Slide Inn. I think that technique has been used by others, including Craig Mathews who used to own Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone. ( Craig is one of the originators of the Iris Caddis, X-Caddis, and Sparkle Dun. ) I know both gentlemen as I've fished the rivers in the Yellowstone region every Summer since 1992. Slide Inn is the closest fly shop to my camp on the Madison River, so I always stop there to get supplies and chat with Kelly and others at his shop. I particularly like his Hare's Ear nymphs which are unique and come in different colors. Here's the original version: Tying the Galloup Hare's Ear with Kelly Galloup ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6OWeHigaJljeJI ) and here's the most recent, updated version: Tying The Galloup Hare's Ear ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6rTg5uDqLhors0 ) Blue Ribbon Flies, or BRF for short, is by far the best fly shop in West Yellowstone. Some of their guides have been around for decades and designed flies that are used and sold all over the region. One of the best known one ( besides Craig Mathews and John Juracek ) is Nick Nicklas, who guided for BRF for some 35 years before he past away. He was a prolific fly designer.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks so much for your comment and links provided. I also like the ve Kelly and i watch all his videos from zero till he says 'hope this helps you out " 😀😀 Mr. Wayne is amazing tier and has great ability to present his teachings to others. Its a pitty those videos has far less views than some videos of some show off tiers with pretty low quality presentation skills. Regarding cdc&elk, just make it in as many sizes as u can.... And make sure you habe at least 6 per size... Cheers Vladimir

[@schmoonkie]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing I will take your advice on tying this fly in multiple sizes. If you don't mind, may I ask what country you're from. I'm guessing, it's somewhere in Central Europe. I was born in Belgium, but grew up in Hungary. I've lived in the US for the last 45 years. I learned to fly fish while living in New York, in places like the Catskills and the Adirondacks. Now I live in Colorado, which has plenty of mountain streams. But my favorite place on Earth is Montana.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

I am from serbia. Now i am in China 😀😀 Pretty unusual place but i love it here. Downside is pretty bad fishing around cities. I did have some great fishing in remote mountain streams. I have few videos about it. 😀😀

[@schmoonkie]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Wow! China?! Are you teaching to fly fish? Well, Mongolia is just one country over and they have taimen trout... :-) I read that the record taimen caught is around 45 kilos. If you have videos you can share about China, I'd be interested to see them. I expect you know or met Lance Egan and Devin Olsen from the World Fly Fishing Championship. I order a lot of my fly tying supplies from shops they're associated with. I also get stuff from Troutline in Romania--especially my CDC's, squirrel and rabbit dubbing.

[@johnbernick2944]

Great fly pattern I can't wait to try it. I finished the "Feather Mechanic" last month. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It has some great ideas. Thank you for the reference! I love the new/different ideas that you bring to fly tying. Again, thank you, it goes to show that "all" the great ideas don't come from Europe and the US. And that is the wonderful aspect of the fly tying community. We can all contribute new techniques and improvements. KZbin keeps the "sport" fresh and interesting. Of course some of the old masters had some fine ideas too. Just finish the "Soft Hackled Fly" by Sly Nemes. Please keep the videos coming, in these challenging times we can all use some inspiration!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

thanks a ton. So sorry for my late reply :) i am from europe...Serbia to be exact.... but i live in China and it did influence my tying a bit. I had to go out of my comfort zone and use different flies and techniques to get some fish... Not too different but some adjusting had to be done. :D

[@splishsplash2579]

Another top instructional lesson in fly tying, and the end product a beautiful fly, Cheers mate 👍

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a ton Tight lines. Cheers 😀😀😀🍺🍺🍺

[@81MrTJB]

Nice tribute to Hans Weilenmann with such an effective pattern

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks. He made a great pattern. Simple and amazing fly

[@DML575]

Sweet tie and thorough explanation, thanks for sharing.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot mate.... Cheers 🍺🍺😀

[@markusjenni4804]

beautiful fly, very good instructions as always...

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Appreciate it. Thanks for your comment 😀🍻 I am trying to improve my verbal as well as tying presentations 🍻🍻

[@paulbryan1094]

How have I not found Global Fly Fisher before. Thanks so much for the link. I use Kelly Gallops method with deer hair. I find it neater and tends not to splay out so much.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

I discovered globalflyfisher.com just recently.... Amazing stuff there.

[@OldDominionTroutBum]

Excellent fly and instructions!

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a ton mate. :)

[@DavidJones-vy6cn]

Nice pattern. I seldom use cdc because it tends to slime up so much. You are changing my mind. Glad you referenced Kelly. You both talk about similar tying techniques, but your camera work shows the technique better. Well done. Since you use cdc so much, do you dry it the same way while you are fishing by hooking it up to a rubber band and flicking the rubber band? If not, there is a video on it. Keep up the good work.

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks a lot. Kelly is amazing guy. His channel is one of the best. I dont dry it with rubber band. I dry it with paper tissue or toilet paper... Than falscasting to the target. If its not enough... After tissue i may applya bit of cdc oil... But tiny amount Paper soaks almost all moisture.

[@stephencifka4629]

Beautiful caddis. Killer fly. Do you have a favorite floatant?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks. I agree... Great pattern that brought me a lot of success. As for floatants... I usually would use anything i can get my hands on... I dont bother with brands much But cdc oil would be my favourite if i need to pick one.

[@sigurdurmarolafsson4183]

Can I use "regular deer hair " for this???

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Yes. No problem. It may flare more and it may last less... But it will catch fish just as well... 🍺

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Excellent. One of rite most versatile of flies/ Hans Weilenmann is a master. I admire his techniques, but his thread splitting is too daunting to me! :-)

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

Thanks.... I agree.... Amazing fly and Hans is among best tiers.. Splitting is easy if you counter spin the bobbin before splitting. Thats how you flstten the thread

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Hello. Did you say some time ago that putting dubbing on in a clockwise way was an improvement? Is that because as the thread tends to tighten when wound clockwise (for most right handers), it also tends to tighten the dubbing more?

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@TERRYBIGGENDEN yes i did... I am still struggling to change old habit 😀😀 and it is exactly as you put it...

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

@@Oholisfliesandfishing Thanks. I didn't go back to that episode. :_-) I will give it a go as well :-)

[@Oholisfliesandfishing]

@@TERRYBIGGENDEN i just mentioned it in few vids... No dedicated video on that