COOPER BUG

COOPER BUG

Hook : Daiichi 1180 # 14 - 18

Thread : Uni-Thread 8/0 Tan

Tail : Dryfly Hackle Tips Grizzly

Body : Spun Deer Hair Natural

Hackle : Dryfly Hackle Grizzly

Fly Tier: Rick Harrington

Tying Instruction :

1) Tie on thread near hook bend.
2) Tie on a single grizzly hackle, using the tip as a tail. The hackle will be used later to palmer the body.
3) Spin several clumps of deer hair the length of the hook.
4) Clip the deer hair evenly to produce a thin even body.
5) Palmer the grizzly hackle through the deer hair and tie off.
6) Tie a small neat head.

Note :

This fly floats like a cork and can be fished all day with just a squeeze or two, to get rid of the excess water. Don't ask why it works, just fish it along the bank, under the willows this summer and wait for an explosive strike.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

Homepage : www.rcharrington.com

E-mail : rch_illus@rpa.net

I was born in the Pacific Northwest into a large, close-knit family of wiseasses. My Uncle David (who bears a remarkable semblance to my friend Cooper, the purveyor of this site) started me fishing at five or six, and I became a fly tyer after seeing an Orvis catalog at the neighbors around the

age of nine. I spent more time fishing than studying in college, and have paid for it ever since by pursuing a career in art.