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Coquihalla Orange Steelhead Fly
Tommy Brayshaw pattern
tied by Bruce E. Harang
Materials:
Hook:
Salmon Iron to suit (illustrated Targus 7989 1/0)
Thread:
Gudebröd 6/0, light color, here BCS 94 Tan
Wing:
Natural Polar Bear over Orange Polar Bear
Tag:
Fine Oval Gold Tinsel
Tail:
Golden Pheasant tippet fibers
Rib:
Medium Oval Gold Tinsel
Body:
Rear 2/5 hot orange floss, front 3/5 hot orange dubbing
Hackle:
Bright Red Coq or Schalppen
Head:
Gudebröd 6/0, BCS 118 Black
Tying Instructions:
1. Mount the hook and attach the thread at the point on the return wire where the head will start.
2. Prepare a small bunch of natural polar bear hair by cutting from the hide and combing out the under fur. Slide this small bunch of prepared hair between the hook shank and the return wire with the tips facing forward over the eye of the hook.
3. Prepare a small bunch of polar bear hair dyed orange by cutting from the hide and combing out the under fur. Slide this small bunch of prepared hair between the hook shank and the return wire behind the bunch of natural polar bear hair with the tips facing forward over the eye of the hook.
4. The polar bear hair should be long enough that when folded back as a wing the tips extend to the bend of the hook or slightly shorter than the tail.
5. Bring the thread behind the hair bunches by crossing behind under the hook shank with a first turn of thread. Then tie down the butts of the hair with touching turns of thread and wrap back to the tag tie in point approximately half way between the point of the barb and the point of the hook.
6. Tie in the fine oval gold tinsel and wrap a five or six turn tag, tie off and cut off the excess.
7. Tie in a tail of golden pheasant tippet fibers which have been folded over so the bright orange and black colors are visible on both side of the fly leaving the thread where the ends of the tail butts are tied in.
8. Tie in the rib of medium oval gold tinsel and tie it down all the way back to the tail tie in point and then return the thread to the 2/5 point where the front of the floss portion of the body will end in touching thread wraps. This provided the smooth underbody upon which to lay the floss body portion.
9. Tie in the hot orange floss at the 2/5s point of the body with five tight thread wraps moving toward the eye of the hook.
10. Wrap the floss back in touching turns to the tail tie in point and then forward to the starting point. Unwrap four turns of thread and then tie down the floss with five tight turns of thread. Cut off the excess.
11. Form a thread dubbing loop at the front of the floss and form a noodle of hot orange dubbing. Wind the dubbing forward 3/5s of the length of the body leaving a small gap between the front of the body and the back of the wing. Tie off and cut off the excess.
12. Wrap the oval tinsel forward in five turns, tie off, and cut the excess.
13. Tie in a red feather and wrap three to five turns of hackle forward coming to the back of the wing, tie off and cut the excess.
14. Bring the thread to the front of the wing by crossing under the hook shank and whip finish and cut off the working thread.
15. Tie on the black thread that will form the head.
16. Fold the wing back and use turns of black thread to force it into the angle you desire. Do not wrap over the wing hair as that will bring the wing down too low against the body.
17. Form a head proportional to the size of the fly, whip finish, apply a penetrating head cement and let dry.
18. Apply one or more coats of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails as required and let dry.
© 2008 Bruce E Harang