MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
Nice find Dave, thanks for sharing it with us.
See Yah
Lee
Quote by: LeeGoldsmithNice find Dave, thanks for sharing it with us.
See Yah
Lee
Your Welcome 
Good one. I should fish more wets.
Dave
That's a classic fly for sure. I was fishing up in Pittsburgh one year really engrossed in what I was doing. Of a sudden a chap let out a hoot in back of me and liked to scared me out of my hide.
He had a better than 5 pound rainbow on, and he caught it on a leadwing coachman!
Great fly!
Well I guess that is something I'll have to try adding to my arsenal.
Thanks Dave!!!
Theron
OKAY.... So I tried this pattern after watching the video and frustration levels got quite high!
First of all tinsel is a pain in the a$$ for my. It just won't lay flat for me on the hook shank and then it dimples as I try to make my return to the starting point. Minimal problem however when compared to the amount of irritation I developed over trying to attach the wings. Lots of swearing and threw a the bobbin and some feathers twice.
I have the concept of how to tie them in with out a doubt. The pinch wrap is not hard, but matching the duck quill feather parts and then getting them to hold together kills me!!!! I kept dropping them and then as I tried to make them lay against one another they would shift and it was like trying to force the two positively charged magnets together. Msybe my duck quills suck. They don't really look that good, and I may have poorly selected from the feather as well, but.... ARRGGH!!!!
I did mnage to get two that look fairly decent, and one had to get a an olive wing as I tried other duck feathers I had. Maybe some pics later. I haven't taken any in a while.
Anyways, it is off to work for me.
Take care everyone.
Theron
T - Bone I have never tied one of these from what I hear it takes quite a few to get used of the wings but once you got it down then it's easy. I will try to tie one up . Have a good nite at work. Dave V
It is tough bud. My first one looked great until I realized the back side wing was f^&*ed up. Then the second one was tough because I could not even get close to lining up the two pieces I clipped . Everytime I tried to pinch the two together I'd drop one or mess up the fibers and need to restroke it to get it back to its original shape. Then when I managed to pich them in proper orientation the tips just would not line up!
Then when tying them I tied in with the pince method and the fibers all separated around the hook eye and fell apart in my fingers. This is when I tore the bobin and thread loose and tossed it on the floor.
It sure isn't easy!! I think that I have the method of pinching down, I have used it before with out issues on flank feather and such, but this quill is so fagile as far as keeping it together goes. Oh well.... Practice, practice, practice!
Good luck. I hope you don't have the issues I had.
Theron
Oh T-Bone i am sure I will have a tough time also. It's been to long away from the bench for one thing. I can't wait ti tackle it . I am sure the frustration will set in and tempers will fly.Maybe I should wait until the wife is out of the house
She doesn't like to he the F bombs.. Maybe one of the guys up north of the border can chime in with some tips. Stephen ties allot of Salmon flies I think he could be some help. Well best be getting my butt off to work.. Then hockey tonight busy next couple of days . Until then take care enjoy the day. Dave V
I noticed the author mentioned he uses the fly in winter . So I thought I would post it for those wanting to try a winter pattern.
Leadwing Coachman from Tightline Productions on Vimeo.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was
cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words,
and some of the words are theirs.