Mahogany and Peacock |
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| Hook: | Size 14-18 dry fly |
| Thread: | Mahogany size 70 ultra thread |
| Tail: | Brown hackle fibers |
| Rib: | Brown quill |
| Body: | Mahogany thread |
| Wingpost: | Natural cdc |
| Hackle: | Peacock |
| Thorax: | brown rooster neck hackle |
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Note: This beautiful dry fly is one of my favorites to tie. One day last year I was fishing a small creek near my home, when I saw a few rusty duns coming off the water and soon it turned into a full-scale hatch. The only problem was I didn’t have anything in my box to match the duns, so I fished with an Adams the rest of the day, only catching a few fish. I was back the next day, determined not to let the same thing happen and I was armed with a fly I had tied the night before. Right on queue, the duns started coming off the water and the fish were rising. I cast out with hands shaking and high expectations, but to my disappointment my fly sank like a rock, and without my floatant that day, I was helpless. Back to the drawing board, I needed a pattern that would work quickly as the hatch would be over in a few days. I was at my bench that night when I remembered a batch of CDC feathers that my friend had given me. Before he gave them to me, he got out a glass of water and showed me what happened when a CDC feather was submerged. It trapped air, and did not become saturated. Amazing. I decided to use one of the CDC feathers as the wing post for the parachute. I tied up a bunch of flies that night, and had high hopes for the next day. Just as the two days before, the duns came and the fish rose, but today I wasn’t just a spectator to the action, I was catching fish! That day I stopped counting at about 15. Let’s just say I caught my fair share of trout with this fly. |
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