FLY
Dry Fly
Coffin Fly
Tied by Christian Andrews
Coffin Fly recipe
| 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 |
| Hackle | Badger |
About this fly
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
What the Coffin Fly imitates
- Eastern Green Drake (adult) Ephemera guttulata
Where the Coffin Fly came from
- Originated by Ted Townsend, 1929, Catskills, New York. Co-credited with Walt Dette.Source: RiverKeeper Flies (John Kreft): White Wulff
- Originated by Walt Dette, 1929, Roscoe, Catskills, New York. Credits Dette and Ted Townsend, 1929, for the Green Drake spinner. / Gives 1930 rather than 1929.Source: Global FlyFisher: The Mighty Green Drake | RiverKeeper Flies (John Kreft): White Wulff
- Named by Ted Townsend, 1930. Named after black and white clothing at a funeral Townsend attended.Source: Global FlyFisher: The Mighty Green Drake
- Popularized by Mary Dette, Roscoe, New York. Says Mary Dette is best known for it and the dressing evolved within the Dette family.Source: Fly Tying Archive: Dette Coffin Fly
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
