FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Orange Coachman
Tied by Christian Andrews
Orange Coachman recipe
| Hook | #8 |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret |
| Tag | gold |
| Butt | Peacock herl |
| Body | orange floss |
| Thorax | Peacock herl |
| Front Hackle | light orange, yellow, rooster cape |
| Wings | white quill |
About this fly
from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury ingredients are a guess from the illustration and small bits in the fly descriptions
What the Orange Coachman imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate O, No. 116. 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.
