Olsen's CDC Midge - My #1 Midge Dry Fly Pattern!

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A few years ago I watched Devin Olsen absolutely crush fish on one of the most pressured tailwater's here in the Western US. These are some of the pickiest fish that leave most of us anglers scratching our heads. We were fishing long smooth glides with no structure or broken water. To make it even more difficult, these fish are very easy to spot from the hiking trail and as a result they get fished to non-stop every day of the year. However, Devin wasn't having hardly any troubles getting them to eat his dry fly. His presentation was nearly flawless casting and drifting a dry fly leader that was over 20' in length, but I still had to know what fly he was fishing. That's when he introduced me to his CDC midge pattern. Since that day I have fished this fly on many technical fisheries and it continues to produce fantastic results.
Recipe:
Hook: Dohiku 301 Size 18-20
Thread: Veevus 16/0 - Black
Schuck/Tail: Crystal Flash - Black
Body: Crystal Flash - Black
Wing: CDC - White or Khaki
Hot Spot: CDC - Pink
Hackle: Grizzly Hackle
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[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Beautiful fly

[@GilbertRowley]

Thanks, it fishes quite well for us, and hope the same for you!

[@gldead3741]

I got the full package and I love it. I keep it on my phone and it comes in handy when I am on the river

[@GilbertRowley]

Awesome! Great feedback! Glad to hear you’re finding it useful!

[@StacySalmans]

Love the artistry.

[@GilbertRowley]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@leonardwells9613]

Absolutely an excellent pattern and tie !!!! TWO thumbs WAY WAY up on every level, many thanks !! L 👍🎣👍

[@GilbertRowley]

Thanks so much, I hope it fishes as good for you as it has for me!

[@richardferrara86]

Great looking fly gents! Really excited to fish these!!

[@GilbertRowley]

Thanks Rich! I think you’ll find them worth the time at the vise 👍

[@anablakp3200]

Looks awesome, got to tie some up here in Eastern Canada. Thanks for sharing all.

[@GilbertRowley]

You bet, I'm confident they will fish well for you up there!

[@kennethsanders963]

Awesome Gilbert I love this pattern .thank you 👍

[@GilbertRowley]

Thanks Ken, I’m confident it will fish well for you!

[@mommaangler]

Looks like a great pattern! Thanks for the video, Gilbert! Hopefully bump into ya again this year somewhere! Hello to Andrew 👊🏼

[@GilbertRowley]

Thanks so much! It would be great to bump into you again, you guys are such an awesome family!

[@aarontaylor1696]

Great tie! Do you typically stick with size 18 or 20 hackle on this or do you size up so it's a little more prominent?

[@GilbertRowley]

Great question, and yes I also carry it in a size 16, but I don't fish it as much. If I feel like I need it to stand out a bit more in a cloud of naturals then I will tie it on.

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Nice

[@GilbertRowley]

Thank you, glad you like it!

[@kurtrout]

Ice tutorial. You should consider publishing a video for a split wing mayfly featured in your book

[@GilbertRowley]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! And are you referring to the “Monster Mayfly”?

[@kurtrout]

@@GilbertRowley yes I think that’s what you called it. I think of it as a Spanish style split wing cdc mayfly and I bet you or @tacticalflyfisher could come up with a great video

[@GilbertRowley]

@@kurtrout That's a fantastic fly!

[@steveclarke1857]

Gotta wear the Simms for the video! Don't want people think you're a poor! :P

[@GilbertRowley]

Gotta wear Simms……. because they are awesome! No other reason 😁

[@wtw406]

I tried to order the ebook but the link won’t take the whole credit card number. What’s wrong. Tried with two different cards

[@GilbertRowley]

Sorry to hear that! Can you try on another device? We’ve only had a few people run into this issue. I’ve been working with support to resolve the issue, but for now I don’t have a work around besides trying another device. If the problem persists shoot me an email at [e-mail]

[@delawarepro3539]

I was in process of purchasing the e-book… no PayPal? 😑 CC only.

[@GilbertRowley]

Hey there, correct sorry for the inconvenience. Not everyone has PayPal, but most everyone has a CC so we opted for this route. Thanks for understanding!