LaFontaine Cone Fly (variation) SBS

[ScottP]

An emerger or stillborn, depending if you see the glass as half full/empty; change colors to suit your needs.


hook - Dai Riki 320 #14
thread - MFC 8/0 sand
shuck - Congo Hair beige
abdomen - dubbing hare's ear
shellback - razor foam tan (original used packing foam)
rear hackle - barred cream
front hackle - partridge (original used mallard flank; my supply in smaller sizes is lacking)

Part 1

mash barb, start thread, tie in CH, fold back, wrap to bend






trim foam strip (about 1/2 gap width); tie in






dub thread/dub body






pull foam forward; tie off/trim

[ScottP]

Part 2

tie in hackle; wrap, tie off/trim






prep partridge, tie in by tip, strip barbs from one side; stroke fibers back while wrapping








tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN








Regards,
Scott

[Joe Billingsley]

Thanks for putting this fly on the site (great tie by the way, Scott). I tied and used it with great success a number of years ago after I got one of La Fontaine's books that described it. For whatever reason, I forgot about it and haven't used it for quite a while. I need to tie some and fish it again. Very effective pattern.

Joe