{"id":2648,"date":"2019-08-26T06:13:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T20:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:49:14","slug":"fly-tying-28-aug-2019-double-decker-comparadun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/fly-tying-28-aug-2019-double-decker-comparadun\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Decker Comparadun Fly Tying 28 Aug 2019 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0cm0cm0.0001pt; text-align: left;\">The Comparadun series of no-hackle dry flies were developed by Caucci and Nastasi in the 1970s using a hair wing tied in a 180\u00b0 flair. They are very effective patterns in slow-moving clear water where an imitative (as opposed to impressionistic) pattern is needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0cm0cm0.0001pt; text-align: left;\">Comparaduns are one of the most versatile mayfly patterns in existence representing a low-riding mayfly to near perfection. They are commonly used during a PMD (pale morning dun) hatch. The fly we will be tying is Davie McPhail\u2019s \u2018Double Decker\u201d. This is a relatively straight forward fly to tie and wont break your budget \u2026.you may have the material in your tying kit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2647 alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image008.jpg\" width=\"826\" height=\"468\" data-temp-aztec-id=\"3be7fbd6-6e7d-454e-8df8-34631124317b\" srcset=\"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image008.jpg 826w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image008-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image008-768x435.jpg 768w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image008-624x354.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0cm0cm0.0001pt; text-align: left;\"><b><u><u>Fly:<\/u><\/u><\/b><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><b>Hook<\/b> <u>&#8211; size 14<\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><b>Thread<\/b> <u>&#8211; 8\/0 to match your dubbing<\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><b>Tail<\/b> <u>&#8211; Microfibets, antron or Coq de Leon fibres (use pheasant tail if that\u2019s all you have)<\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><b>Body<\/b> <u>&#8211; Olive or any other natural dry fly dubbing<\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><b>Wing<\/b> <u>&#8211; Deer Hair<\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0cm0cm0.0001pt; text-align: left;\"><b><u><u>&#8216;Special&#8217; Equipment:<\/u><\/u><\/b><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: left;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><b>Deer Hair Stacker<\/b> <u>&#8211; you can borrow other tyer&#8217;s stacker if you don\u2019t have one<\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0cm0cm0.0001pt; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #595959;\"><cite>From &lt;<\/cite><cite><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #4285f4;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6EFL41PzmvY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3D6EFL41PzmvY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1566849743534000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZci9wDWUS_DiZsV7St760cf4VCg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6EFL41PzmvY<\/a><\/cite><cite><u>&gt;<\/u><\/cite><\/span><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2text-indent:0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: left;\">keyword dryfly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Comparadun series of no-hackle dry flies were developed by Caucci and Nastasi in the 1970s using a hair wing tied in a 180\u00b0 flair. They are very effective patterns in slow-moving clear water where an imitative (as opposed to impressionistic) pattern is needed. Comparaduns are one of the most versatile mayfly patterns in existence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fly_tying"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7aQnH-GI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5888,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648\/revisions\/5888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}