Cosseboom

From WikiTyer

Green Cosseboom (variation)

Pattern

Hook: Size 6 Mustad 36890

Tag: Five wraps of fine gold wire

Butt: Two wraps of golden floss

Rib: Fine silver tinsel

Body: Phentex wool, brisk green acrylic high lustre yarn by Spinrite

Throat: Yellow soft hen hackle tied beard style

Wing: Gray squirrel tail tied low to hook

Head: Red

Originally submitted to the SALAR list swap 2007 by Wayne Pierce, Corner Brook, NL, Canada

Notes:

The Cosseboom is one of my favorite flies since I caught my first salmon on one in 1962. This fly presented here is tied in the Newfoundland tradition, small and sparse with a low profile. While typically Newfoundland flies are tied with moose hair, any color from black to white on the Cosseboom is effective, I include all phases of color in my fly-box including red squirrel. The green, redheaded Cosseboom is a very effective fly in western Newfoundland rivers, but especially on the Lomond River.~Wayne

Cosseboom Silver

Material

Hook: SALMON HOOK SINGLE OR DOUBLE

Tag: Flat silver tinsel

Thread: black

Body: Silver tinsel

Rib: silver tinsel oval fine

Wing: grey squirrel tail

Collar: Lemon yellow hackle

Head: Red

Originally submitted by Jocelyn LeBlanc (aka Manitou)

Notes:

Tying the Cosseboom Silver