Tying the CdC Mayfly spinner with Barry Ord Clarke

[@robertperman8967]

Beautiful work. Tight lines🪰🦗🐜!!!

[@earllubold2505]

Excellent tie Barry

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thank you.

[@marshallgfosterjr99]

Great fly Barry!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks!

[@BuffaloWill]

holy crap. incredible.

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Will.

[@vharrald]

Beautiful workmanship

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Santa.

[@kjellgustavsson1499]

you are a expert on cdc..

[@richardduvall6512]

Awesome patern

[@Thefeatherbender]

Thanks Richard.

[@davids11131113]

Love CDC flies I've been tying tiny blue Baetis mayflies for years we see so much in Colorado mountains they're killers.

[@termite122]

lovely dressing mate..

[@jimmarstiller9091]

Barry, I'm grateful for your knowledge and instruction skill. This is a fantastic fly. Thank you. Question: when splitting thread, what size GSP do you recommend and how does it vary based on size of fly? I used GSP 30 on a size 12 and found it a little tricky to split. Is it just a matter of practice and patience or should I have used GSP 100? Thank you!

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Jim, I use Dyneema (GSP) 55, and its not a problem to split at all and works for the smallest flies. But for most of my tying I use Sheer 14/0 that is a fine but very strong thread that can be split.

[@seanmooney3907]

Hey Barry, Great tie! How can you be sure it will land the way you intend. I know with wet flies I put the weight on so it rides the way I want. I love the fly and the way it naturally accommodates the shape of the mayfly. All the best, Sean

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Sean, 100% sure, I have tied so many of these they always land correctly. If you tie one just throw it in the air over your table and see how it lands!

[@Sittin.]

Sweet fly Why do you tie it up side down?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Xittin, It's tied up side down so that the body of the mayfly has the correct shape and so that the fish only see's the fly and not the hook, but it still hooks just as well!

[@Sittin.]

OK. Good thinking man :)

[@geo34south]

So, I've often wondered why the wing case on dries is essentially hidden from the fish by being tied on the surface aspect leaving only a featureless view underneath, other than the profile and legs. I know that's how mayflies would appear anyway and that the wing case also assists in dividing the wing material and flattening it in the case of spent flies, but why not use tying thread for the same purpose? Don't get me wrong, I want what I tie to look realistic as there's some aesthetic in that, but one has to wonder.

[@pelewads]

CdC?

[@Thefeatherbender]

Hi Peleg, CDC = Cul de Canard