Tying the CDC Hendrickson

Tying the CDC Hendrickson




The CDC Hendrickson is my favorite version of the Hendrickson patterns that I tie due to the fact that it fishes well over the majority of the hatch. Great footprint and floats well. This is the first, and quite often last pattern that I reach for.


CDC Hendrickson Recipe


Hook:  Standard Dry #12
Thread:  Rusty Brown 8/0 Uni-thread
Tail: Medium Pardo CDL
Abdomen:  Olive Brown/Sulfur Spectrablend (hand blended)
Hackle: #14 Greenwell
Wing:  2 Dun CDC