Coal Car

Coal Car 

Tail - Black hackle

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent fire orange fuzzy wool, fluorescent red fuzzy wool, and black chenille

Hackle - Black

Wing - Black calf tail with black krystal flash over top

Author's Note

Randall Kaufmann

Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants - Randall Kaufmann

Coal Car

Hooks- Single salmon 

Thread - Fluorescent red

Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent fire orange floss

Tail - Tuft of black marabou

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

Wing - Black marabou tied over the body and extending to end of tail; then black Flashabou Accent tied the same; then black marabou tied slightly shorter; then black marabou tied even slightly shorter

Hackle - Black marabou tied in at the throat, followed with black hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Trey Combs of Port Townsend, Washington, ington, originated this pattern.

Terry Hellekson. Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art Terry Hellekson