The Leadwing Coachman - Fly Tying Appalachian/Smoky Mountain Trout Patterns
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- While not created in the Smoky Mountains, the Leadwing Coachman has been a popular pattern in the park since the early 1800s. Effective during any gray caddisfly hatch, this pattern generally looks like a diving caddis laying its eggs on the bottom of the stream.
Hook: #8-12 wet fly (standard or 1x long)
Thread: Black
Tail: Golden pheasant tippets
Rib: Gold wire
Body: Peacock herl
Wings: Gray duck quills
Hackle: Light brown or ginger
** Great Smoky Mountain Fly Tying Books used in this series **
Hatches and Fly Patterns of the Great Smoky Mountains, by Don Kirk, amzn.to/2HLZuVT
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Angler's Companion, by Ian Rutter, amzn.to/2HQwDQr
Southeastern Flies, by L.J. DeCuir, amzn.to/3l0McTG
Savage Flies is a project with the mission of encouraging and teaching fly tying to as many people as possible. The channel is named after one of my western Maryland homewaters, the Savage River. I've been uploading at least three new videos a week (usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday).
Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know in the comments if you have any tying tips you would like to share or if you have any patterns you would like to see tied here.
Congratulations Neel Cox!!! You will like this book. It's great.
That's a classic fish catcher, Matt. Love those GPT tails!
Congratulations, Neil.
Thanks Jim - and yeah, these golden pheasant tippets as tails have started growing on me this year. Probably all the GSM flies I tied in 2020. :-)
I love the fact that you tie “fishing flies” and not instagram flies. I feel like they are what the rest of us tie and fish lol. Great job sir!
Thanks man! Now I like to tie pretty flies when I can, but if it's going to take an extra ten minutes finding the perfect duck quill slips to make a pretty wing, I'll usually say screw it and make do with what I got. Especially if I'm tying to fill my boxes, NONE of those flies are perfect. :-)
Another fly I've caught some nice brookies on .good tie matt.👍
Appreciate it Hugh. And Outstanding Spruce you put up this morning. I haven't watched yet but will get to it here shortly. I love tying that pattern-- both the light and dark.
Tied a fly almost identical to this about 60 years ago. I didn’t have the correct wings for an original Coachman so used what I had. It worked well for wild brownies. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Thanks Donald! I wonder if that's how a lot of variants got created... when someone substitutes a material and finds that it works equally as well, or even better. That's one of the coolest things about fly tying. We often have to use what we have to try and create something to fool a fish. It's really as simple as that! Thanks for watching my friend, and happy new year to you too! Cheers. -Matt
Nicely useful tip on using the thread to tighten up the herl while wrapping it. Thanks.
Appreciate it Bob. Have a great weekend and happy tying to you!
Great fly, caught many fish using this pattern, thanks Matt.
Congratulations Neil
Thanks Layton! Yeah, I think the Coachman and its variants have been popular forever because they're so simple and still work so well. :-)
Congrats Neil👍
Coachman is a great flie! No matter how it's tied.great pattern matt.you keep on amazing us! Thanks.
Thanks Mike! The first commenter... you rock my friend!
Congrats Neil. Happy New Year Matt. Thank you for doing these tying videos. Not only do I enjoy watching them but they are a very good tying resource for me. I’m looking forward to open water and fishing the flies I’ve tied.
You're welcome JD, thank you for the kind words! Now here's to a better 2021 for everybody! :-)
Matt, thank you for the video. The lead wing coachman is a fish catcher. I also like the book, got a copy from your link to amazon.
Thanks James! I really appreciate it... everything helps the channel my friend, and if I can keep up this pace, 2021 could be a great year. Happy New Year to you my friend!
NIce Fly Matt, , thanks for the fly. Congratulations Neil.
Appreciate it Lee. I think I'm going to tie up a bunch of the peacock caddis from earlier this week and try them on the river tomorrow. I might try out some new experimental ones too. :-)
@@SavageFlies cool, let us know how they work.
Looks good Matt. Those duck quills can be tough to work with. HNY!
Oh yeah, seemingly simple winged wet flies kick my tail most of the time. Thanks for watching Darren. Happy New Year to you too!
Really great starting 2021 with you! Nice tie. Thanks for sharing! KANSAS
Thanks Jack! Now here's to a better 2021 for all of us!!
cool congrataz neil
Thanks man! Happy 2021 to you!
love this series thanks Matt
Appreciate it James. Happy 2021 to you!
congratulations neil......great tying matt thanks.
Thanks Joe! Appreciate it my friend. 👍
Congrats Neil.
Happy New Year,Matt.Old faithfuls will always work.Use to tie this with a red ribbing,either wire or thread.Try a few like that.
That sounds like a pretty cool variant Michael. Any time you can work some red into a fly it can be a trigger for some picky fish. I'll have to give it a shot.
@@SavageFlies I think all of this type is a varient of the old “blue iron dun” which was one of my “go to” wet flies.Seemed to work when all else failed.
Great tie buddy. Keep em coming.
Thanks man! Should have a Casual Dress for tomorrow’s video.
@@SavageFlies sent a pic to ur e mail, let me know what u think of it
Great looking fly I am going to make one
Nice job Matt! Another great video!
Thanks Sarge! I see you have a "Premiere" for this Friday. Is that a live stream, of is that just what it looks like when you schedule something in advance and set it as a premiere? It does kind of generate some interest though. :-)
Great looking fly Matt
Thanks for the video
Happy New Year
Appreciate it Dave! Happy New Year to you too!!
Nice bug!!
Thank you Franky!
Nice easy coachman. Thx Matt. Have a very Happy New Year!!🎊
Thanks Clyde! Hope you’re having a great New Year so far!!
Happy New Year, Matt! Nice fly for the start of the new year.
Thanks Debora! Happy new year to you too! And PS, one of my resolutions this year is to do more art. Of course, that was one of my resolutions last year too. But I did do better at it than two of the others: reading War and Peace and learning to walk on my hands. I've been carrying both those on my list for about five years now. :-)
Sir Matt Happy 2021, That's a great looking Fly. What feathers are most commonly used for wings on flies like this ? They come in pairs right? Thank you, also looking forward to seeing the Savage Flies Channel Grow and all it brings this New Year.
Congrats Neil Cox
Thanks Edward! Good catch... I should have showed the feathers I cut these slips out of. It was just simple duck rump feather. But you could use any that are about the same thickness. Hen pheasant flight feathers, even turkey if you had some small enough. Goose would probably be a bit too thick. Here are the ones I got most recently: www.jsflyfishing.com/rumpf-duck-quill-pair *** I'm trying to do a new video on all the tying materials you can get from craft stores. Do you have a Michael's or A.C. Moore there in Texas? You can get a lot of materials and save a lot of money at those stores! I'm hoping to get this video done by Sunday afternoon. :-)
@@SavageFlies we have a Michael's and can't wait to see that video. Enjoy your day Sir Matt