Coffin Fly
Dry Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #10 – 12 fine wire 3x or 4x long
Thread: black
Tail: black bear or black hackle barbs
Body: white deer, clipped
Wings: black hackle tips
Notes:
from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla
This version of the Coffin Fly is how it was tied by Harry Darbee with the clipped deer hair body