Tying The Cow Dung Variant

The Cow Dung Variant

The Cow Dung Variant was originally tied out of necessity due to a lack of materials at the time. This version proved effective and has remained in my box ever since. An excellent trout pattern in its own right, it is once of the best panfish wets I have fished. Both alone or as a trailing fly to a  bassbug, 

CDV Recipe

Hook:  #16 Standard Wet

Thread:  Olive-Dun

Tag:  Gold Holographic Mylar

Abdomen: Tying Thread

Hackle:  Furnace

Wing:  Lemon-Barred Wood Duck