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.
