FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Gilt Coachman
Tied by Christian Andrews
Gilt Coachman recipe
| Hook | #8 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Claret |
| Abdomen | two strands gold oval tinsel, split |
| Butt | Peacock herl |
| Body | gold tinsel |
| Hackle | brown rooster |
| Wings | white quill |
About this fly
tied from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury - so ingredients are best guesses, except Mary did say the body was gold tinsel
What the Gilt Coachman imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Where the Gilt Coachman came from
- Derived from Coachman. Coachman with a gold tinsel body in place of peacock herl.Source: Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), p.256
- Originated by unnamed angler, Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado. Marbury p.256: a Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado angler wrote asking for Coachmen 'with all the gilt possible'; the Orvis shop accordingly made them with gilt tinsel bodies. Idea from the unnamed angler, tied by Orvis.Source: Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), p.256
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate O, No. 115. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
