Spent Gnat CDC loopwing

May flies are tied in an enormous number of styles from detached body’s to fan winged  patterns some Gnat patterns tied with just a wider Hackle with no wings all of  which  will work well on there day.
This fly  is a very simple tying but again very effective when mayflies  are on the water . It is a great floating fly and really looks the part when tied in the fashion which I like to tie the fly.

You can also dap this fly  because there is CDC in the wing and a hackle in front it floats very well and is very visible.
The fly is tied with the hackle done half moon that means that there is no hackle underneath ,  This allows the fly to sit in the surface just like the natural fly, and this gives the fly more buoyancy as you do not cut the hackle fibres underneath ,but stroke them upwards this way  you are using all of the hackle.
 I have come up with a couple of patterns that  have become very popular on both river and Lough , the mayfly have started a bit of a comeback on some of my local rivers over the last few  years and hopefully it will get better as it is a  fantastic time when the fish really  do come and attack the fly .

The Olive CDC loop wing is a fly that I tie an enormous amount of for Lough  Corrib, and   has become popular on Lough Derg  with people that I have tied it for and I had good reports over the last couple of years one person that I tied it for caught a six pound trout on Lough Corrib.
The Gnat style is a pattern that I have used on the rivers and is  a super fly that just looks like the real thing as it floats along the trout really attack it .
 I have had trout come clean out of the water when they take it . I like to rough up the body of the fly by plucking out the seals fur fibres with a dubbing needle.
I have Just put one very light  olive CDC feather through the middle of two white ones as it gives the wing a very nice tinge of olive .