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Coq N Coyote

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Heavyweight barbless nymph hook, 12-16
  • Thread Camel 8/0

Materials

  • Rib Dark brown pearl material (fine round ribbing)
  • Body Coyote mask (natural coyote dubbing)
  • Hackle Mottled grey hackle (1 Brahma hen saddle feather)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and start thread just behind the eye, running a base back to the bend.
  2. Tie in the pearl ribbing at the bend and leave it hanging.
  3. Dub a slim, buggy coyote-mask body forward to the 80% mark. Use half the dubbing you think you need.
  4. Wrap the pearl rib forward in 5-6 evenly spaced turns to segment the body, bind, and snip.
  5. Tie in a mottled grey hen saddle feather by the tip and take 1-2 turns for a soft, breathing collar.
  6. Sweep the hackle fibers back, build a small head, and whip finish.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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