Coquihalla Orange
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Orange
Tip - Lower half, oval gold tinsel; the upper half, orange floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half, orange floss; the front half, dubbed with fluorescent orange lamb's wool
Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Orange calf tail tied over the body, with a sparse overwing of white calf tail
Coquihalla Red
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Short scarlet red hackle tip tied on edge
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half, orange floss; the front half, dubbed with red lamb's wool
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Peacock sword feather barbs tied over the body, with an overwing of barred mallard (I used bronze mallard. My barred mallard supply is sorely lacking quality)
Coquihalla Silver
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs
Butt - Dubbed with red lamb's wool
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body, with an overwing of orange calf tail
Tommy Brayshaw originated the preceding series of patterns around 1946.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
