Fly Tying for Beginners a Wood Duck Caddis with Jim Misiura

The wood duck flank gives this fly a molted wing. The CDC keeps the fly in the surface.

[@GiancarloDonninelli]

Beautiful imitation!. Best wishes for the Easter holidays. Your friend "wolf" Italian.

[@TheFlymanJim]

CDC is the feathers from around the preening gland of waterfowl, duck geese, The preening gland is the oil gland on the back of the duck. It is what they use to keep their feathers waterproof. The feathers around this are the CDC (Cul De Caundard), They are very waterproof and float well. Jim

[@NLScooterRider]

Nice fly, what exactly is CDC ?