54 DEAN STREET CDC SUPER SELECT 1g Dark Brown

54 DEAN STREET CDC SUPER SELECT 1g Dark Brown

Enhance your fly tying with the CDC Super Select feathers from 54 DEAN STREET. Each 1-gram package contains approximately 100 to 120 feathers, with lengths ranging from 3 cm to 7 cm. These feathers are renowned for their exceptional water-resistant properties, making them ideal for crafting dry flies, emergers, and nymphs. Fly tiers have long recognized the miraculous qualities of CDC, or cul-de-canard, feathers, which grow near the preen glands of ducks. The CDC Super Select feathers have unusual water-resistant properties, making them invaluable for tying dry flies, emergers, and even nymphs. Some of the world’s most innovative fly tiers are currently inventing new ways of using these versatile CDC feathers. The patterns they have created are often deceptively simple, demanding easy tying steps and very few additional materials. Many anglers fish only with CDC flies. The use of CDC flies seems to have been restricted to the Swiss Jura mountain area in the 1920s and 1930s. After World War II, the use of CDC patterns spread first to the neighboring French Jura and then further afield. Charles Bickel’s studio continued producing flies, and according to Louis Veya, interest in CDC increased in this period. In his L’art de la Peche à la Mouche Séche, Jean-Paul Pequegnot states that some of the very first fish he caught were on CDC flies that he had bought on the banks of the river Doubs. If their use on the Doubs was common by the early 1950s, it is quite possible that CDC flies were being used by French anglers even before the war. The CDC Super Select feathers are available in various colors, including Dark Brown, to suit different fly patterns and fishing conditions. Whether you’re a seasoned fly tier or just starting, these feathers are a valuable addition to your tying materials.