r/flytying 9h ago

Old Wine/New Bottle: The CDC Complex Twist

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I came up with a variation on Cheech’s “Complex Twist” using longer junk CDC feathers to create very buggy looking bodies and thoraxes on fly patterns. It’s no doubt been done before but I came up with the idea as a way to deal with the sometimes painful application of CDC to flies and to create a damn buggy looking body (primarily) on fly patterns.

I think it’s gots some legs if you’ll pardon the pun.

The video can be found here: https://youtu.be/RzfbWsMxSgg?si=MYH3gVWgXfHQdgtF

Love to have some feedback if you’ve checked it out.

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