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
