[b]I was never happy with the picture I posted.
It was too pallid for a fly that is quite bright.
Also my French was incorrect, don’t know
why I made it plural.
Coq-au-vin
Hook: #12 TMC 206BL
Silk: Pearsall Claret
Body: Wine (claret) small wire
Thorax: Claret seal’s fur
Hackle: Coq-de-Leon speckled hen [/b]
Very elegant fly.
Very nice Don. I’ll take 12 dozen to help catch our elusive Wisconsin trout. I am sure they would take some new fly hook,line, and sinker quite voraciously. Have a smooth day and tight lines!
Donald,
Wow! Beautiful fly. That wine colored wire body is wonderfully done. Your right, bright fly. Now where is that wine colored wire?
REE
[b]It is UTC Ultrawire small. The wire looks better via eyes.
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Isn’t the wire just the ribbing?
Ray,
The wire is the body and the rib,
the wire is wound down the hook in touching turns, starting near the eye
wound towards the bend and then wound in open turns back over the previous
turns towards the eye. The thorax is then dubbed on and the hackle wound.
That is very nice. I know a few places where that would be worth a serious try.
- Jeff
Donald,
That would make an excellent steelhead/atlantic pattern - very nice alternative for the Purple Peril pattern!
Best regards, Dave S.
Donald,
I found a stockist that carries all the colors of ultrawire and have placed an order, including the wine color. We can never have enough “stuff”, can we?
Can’t wait to start playing with the wire.
REE
Ron,
I’ve only been using the wire on spiders since I saw William Anderson’s flies a couple of months back, but I think it makes good sinking flies, DaveS idea for salmon and steel-head flies is an excellent one. The idea of weighting the flies
this way is more appealing to me than beads.
They do look good and the fluo colours would be good on sea-trout salmon flies on this side of the pond.
The ‘Coq-au-vin’ was my own contribution and I am quite proud of it.;)
