CDC Tiltwing – Step-By-Step fly tying

Based of Ralph Cutter's original EC Caddis, the CDC Tiltwing dry fly employs a wing of deer hair as a post, around which a parachute of cul de canard (CDC) is wrapped. Gordon van der Spuy (aka The Feather Mechanic) has adapted the original EC Caddis design by replacing the hackle with CDC in the Tiltwing, to serve better on slower moving, ultra-clear trout streams. In this mayfly imitation, CDC works well as a parachute because it is a mobile material and is reactive in light; both things that encourage the successful imitation of a natural mayfly

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Materials needed for the CDC Tiltwing:

Hook: Gamakatsu S10 #14
Tail: CDL barbs
Body: Wild turkey biot
Wing: Comparadun deer hair
Parachute: Wild mallard CDC

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Music C/o Pixabay

0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Background on the CDC Tiltwing
3:37 - Materials needed to tie the CDC Tiltwing
5:50 - Tying in Coq de leon barbs
7:26 - Turkey biot body
10:45 - Deer hair wing and post
13:25 - Wrapping CDC parachute
18:37 - Dubbing caddis thorax
21:31 - Whip finish and trimming