[Kerry Jordan]

I’ve been tying  a few dries of late but am a little disappointed at the quality of CDC I can find; all I’m looking for is fairly dense short to medium feathers for wings on simple flies such as emergers / F fly size 12-18. The expert tiers on Youtube put two CDC feathers together for a nice bushy wing - all I get is a wispy bit of fluff! Any advice about a source for some decent feathers would be welcome.

[Jeff Donovan]

Speak with Lucian at Troutline, top quality CDC - link: https://www.troutline.ro/fly-tying-materials/fly-tying-feather/cdc-feathers.html

[Mike Barrio]

Yes, I have found Lucian's products and service to be first class 

Cheers
Mike

[Scott Cumming]

Lucians CDC is good quality, or you could try David Jedlicka at DJ fly fishing on Facebook, his CDC is the best I’ve used - outstanding quality. Email david.jedlicka@gmail.com 👍

Scott

[Sandy Nelson]

I use Lucians natural CDC as well , his 1 gram bags have less ‘fluff’ and more feathers than most.
The Campbell stuff is good too, but it depends how much you use and I go through a lot of it.
I also really like the Marc Petitjean CDC but it’s very expensive.

Cheers

Sandy

[David Martin]

I tend to go for a medium bag of Cookshill cdc. Plenty of usable feathers, I use 5-6 per size 14 shuttlecock or f-fly though, then brush the feathers through with muciiin oil and let them stand for a couple of days. The fly sheds water superbly for ages..

https://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/cdc.htm

[Kerry Jordan]

Thanks to all - most helpful!
Off to google"muslin oil" 

[David Martin]

It's good stuff Kerry. I thought cdc should never be treated until I bumped into a pro fly tyer who gave me the tip last year. I even coat it on my hackled dries too now. He said get this one that comes with a handy lid brush...

Sorry, I meant to say mucilin oil, not muslin.....

https://www.fishingmegastore.com/floatants-sinkants-and-line-care/mucilin-dry-fly-silicone-brush~13553.html

[Stuart Cullen]

I find Cookshill good. You can email him and tell him what you want. He is very helpful.