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A step at a time:
CDC CREATIVE PUPA PDF print version
Originator: Torill Kolbu
Hook: |
Kamasan B100, #12-14 |
Thread: |
Gudebrod 8/0, gray |
Tail: |
Wool yarn, red |
Abdomen (top): |
Antron yarn, dark green |
Abdomen (bottom): |
Antron yarn, amber |
Legs: |
CDC, blue dun |
Thorax: |
Fly-Rite, dark gray |
(Full-size pictures on click.)
Step 1
Mount a hook in the vise, tie in the thread
and wrap it down to the hook bend. |
Step 2
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 2](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_02.jpg)
Tie down a piece of wool yarn to the entire
abdomen part. |
Step 3
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 3](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_03.jpg)
Trim the tail and cut the waste. |
Step 4
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 4](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_04.jpg)
Prepare two 4-5" pieces of antron by pulling
some fibres from it to get them a little bit thinner (to about 2/3 or 3/4 the thickness from the spool). Tie
in the darker color on the far side of the hook and the lighter color on the near side. |
Step 5
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 5](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_05.jpg)
Tie down the pieces to start of the tail, cut the waste
and return up to the thorax with the thread. |
Step 6
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 6](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_06.jpg)
Tie off the thread. Not necassary if you're going to continue
using a tool, but I do it now as this tutorial is made in combination with a separate tutorial that will require it. |
Step 7
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 7](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_07.jpg)
Starting position: The back of the hook towards
you and a piece of antron on each side of the hook. (For more detailed weaving instructions, which will describe
also an alternative technique, see here) |
Step 8
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 8](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_08.jpg)
Lay the green strand over the hook shank and,
through the loop that's forming, slip your tool down and bring it under the shank. |
Step 9
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 9](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_09.jpg)
Catch the orange strand with the tool and pull
it around the green, under the shank and up through the loop. |
Step 10
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 10](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_10.jpg)
Tighten by stretching both strands straight out.
First knot done and the colors have now switched sides. |
Step 11
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 11](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_11.jpg)
The same way you laid the green over to form a
loop, now lay the orange UNDER the hook to form the loop, in which you bring the tool from BELOW, up ABOVE the
hook and down UNDER the orange. |
Step 12
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 12](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_12.jpg)
Catch the green on the other side, pull it under
the orange, over the shank and down through the orange loop... |
Step 13
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 13](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_13.jpg)
Tighten the knot. Second one done and the colors
are back where they started. A little abdomen starts to take shape back there. |
Step 14
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 14](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_14.jpg)
Continue the same way and cover about 3/5 of the
hook shank. |
Step 15
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 15](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_15.jpg)
Tie in the thread again (if it was tied off),
tie down the antron strands and cut the waste. |
Step 16
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 16](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_16.jpg)
Prepare a CDC feather by doubling it. Here are
two examples of tools made for this purpose, Kenneth Svensson's CDC-board (left) and Marc Petitjean's Magic Tool (right). |
Step 17
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 17](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_17.jpg)
Lift the feather up in a clamp of some sort and cut the
stem from the barbs. |
Step 18
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 18](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_18.jpg)
Prepare a dubbing loop and place the barbs
between the threads. Splitting the thread and placing them between the two halves works as well. |
Step 19
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 19](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_19.jpg)
Spin the loop and create a "CDC-hackle". |
Step 20
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 20](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_20.jpg)
Wrap the CDC around the rear 2/3 of the abdomen.
Stroke the longer fibres backwards for each wrap. |
Step 21
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 21](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_21.jpg)
Tie down the loop, cut as much of the waste as
possible and cover the rest with thread, shaping a tapered underbody for the thorax. |
Step 22
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 22](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_22.jpg)
Step 23
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 23](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_23.jpg)
Cover the underbody with dubbing. |
Step 24
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 24](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_24.jpg)
Finish the fly with a couple of whip-finish knots. |
DONE!!!
![CDC Creative Pupa - Step 25](flies/steps/creativepupa/step_25.jpg)
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