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Pluck the Duck- Mallard Reincarnated as Fly, Part III

by Wayne Mumford November 12, 2010

Continuing on with the Mallard feather saga. Cul De Canard is probably one of two of the more popular duck feathers in regard to fly tying applications, the second being the barred flank feathers. However, during the course of my Mallard feather investigation I discovered some other feather patches that looked worthy as fly tying [...]

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Plucking the Duck- Mallard reincarnated as Fly- Part II

by Wayne Mumford November 2, 2010

CDC- Cul de Canard, French for “ass of duck”- alrighty then! They say that French is one of the more romantic languages and I’d say this is a pretty good example of exactly that. Cul de Canard sounds a lot better than “ass of duck” but personally I think this sounds even better- Pièce d’âne. [...]

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Nasty looking scud pattern

by Wayne Mumford February 21, 2010

Via Cp’s fly fishing and fly tying. The scud is one of those all around utilitarian patterns, one that can work in a lot of different places, could look like a couple different aquatic critters and isn’t necessarily for trout only. Scud patterns are hot items on a lot Montana waters including the Bighorn river [...]

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