Garbage Bag CDC Emerger
Paul Fedeles shares his unique creation, the Garbage Bag CDC Emerger. Paul designed this fly while experimenting with various materials, his camera, and computer. This fly is a mix of reject CDC feathers, unused flash pieces, some possum fur, and anything else that was lying around. The result? A fly that’s generally garbage — but surprisingly effective!
To make this fly, Paul cuts everything up with scissors and mixes it in a coffee grinder, creating a truly unique pattern.
Materials
- Hook: Fulling Mills barbless scud hook, size 12
- Thread: Black woolly nylon for the body
Black sheer 14/0 for the wings - Body: Black woolly nylon
- Ribbing: Chartreuse small Ultra Wire
- Under-wing: Red EP-like soft fibres
- Over-wing: Garbage Bag Mix CDC feathers
Tying Instructions
- Cover the hook back past the bend with woolly nylon.
- Bring the thread back to the starting point.
- Tie in the chartreuse Ultra Wire on the near side of the hook.
- Bring the thread back to the eye. Half hitch.
- Reverse rib an eight-turn segmented body with the wire.
- Coat the body with UV resin and cure.
Do this with all your flies until the next step.
- Attach the black Sheer thread at the front of the hook.
- Tie in the red soft fibres behind the eye and trim mid-body.
- Make a dubbing look using the Garbage Mix.
- Wrap the dubbing loop as hackle.
- Tie off the dubbing loop.
- Create a head using the thread and half hitch.
Don’t cut the thread until you finish the next step.
- Use a brush to train the feathers up and back.
- Trim the feathers under the hook.
