How to tie the chartreuse cdc caddis pupa

Materials needed:
Hook: TMC 2487 sizes #20-14
Bead: Brass gold.  I'm using a 2mm (5/64) bead on a size 18 hook
Thread: UTC olive 8/0
Body: Chartreuse wire
Wing: One pale yellow plume of cdc

Put your bead on the hook.

Start your thread.

Tie in your wire body.

Wrap your thread over your wire to just above the middle of the hook gap.

Wrap your thread forward.

Start wrapping your wire tightly, and evenly toward the bead head.

Leave a little bit of room between your wire wraps and the bead head to tie in your cdc wing.  Tie off your wire, and break it off.










Select one cdc plume.

Tie in your cdc with 2 soft wraps...

...and pull to length.

Once you have a good looking length, tie off the cdc with 2 tight wraps, and cut off the tag end.

The cdc wing should extend just barely past the hook bend as shown.

Whip finish, and apply head cement.