Tying Stalcup's CDC Loopwing Emerger BWO 12Dec18

I love this fly on finicky tailwaters like the So Platte in Cheeseman. It is an all natural so not very rugged but man it works during BWO seasons. I've fished it both sunk and as a righteous emerger in the film with the wing "dry" and the body wet. Be warned, this is not an easy fly to tie despite its relative simplicity, the materials are generally small and it gets crowded at hook eye.

CDC Loopwing Emerger BWO

Recipe/Ingredients:

• Hook: #20-#28 TMC 2487
• Thread: Olive #70 UTC UltraThread
• Head: None
• Tail: ~6 white & brown partridge hen hackle fibers
• Body: Olive died goose biot
• Thorax: BWO Superfine dubbing
• Legs: ~6 white & brown partridge hen hackle fibers

Here we go...

Hook in vise; bind on thread at 1/2 way

Select small brown & white partridge feather

Tie in 4-6 fibers to bend leaving tail = hook length

Select goose biot and tie in at tail start;
assure notch at free end is facing up

Wrap on biot overlapping fuzzy front edge of biot;
get smooth, even, segmented look;
bind in at thorax

Select gray CDC puff
(These are easier to work than full feathers
and still pretty cheap)

Bind in CDC puff at tips end with concave up
(pull through wrap down to length but no
need to go all the way to tips - trim off tips);
Dub tube of BWO superfine and make thorax

Add 4-6 more partridge hackle fibers -
hold bunch on side on loose wrap then  move
beneath like legs and pull to length at hook point;
whip finish and tidy up (not too tidy here)