FLY
Spinner
Coffin Fly
Tied by Will Arrant
Coffin Fly recipe
| Hook | Dry Fly #10 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Semperfli Nano Silk 18/0 Black |
| Wings | Semperfli Polly Yarn In White |
| Body | Hareline Superfine Dubbing in Sulphur |
| Tail | Moose Body Hair |
About this fly
Tail = 4 fibers on each side of the hook
What the Coffin Fly imitates
- Eastern Green Drake (spinner) Ephemera guttulata
- Mayfly spinner (spinner)
Tied for: Trout (general)
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.
