Gilt Coachman

Gilt Coachman

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #8

Thread: Claret

Materials- abdomen: two strands gold oval tinsel, split butt: Peacock herl body: gold tinsel hackle: brown rooster wings: white quill

Notes:

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