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Used a Killer Bug yarn base for this one. A bunch of coq de Leon fibers are distributed around for the hackle.

Muy bien, muy bonito.

Saludos,
Scott

Carl, that's an interesting design. Do you know if they fish the in a particular way?

William Anderson wrote:Carl, that's an interesting design. Do you know if they fish the in a particular way?

I am curious too, Carl. What constitutes "Spanish style"? Do all of their flies look similar to this?

No, I just connect with this because many of the traditional spanish patterns use coq de Leon fibers in one way or another as hackle whether they are a wet fly or dry fly. A few years back I had a good friend send me some flies from a fly shop around Leon, Spain along with some superb examples of Coq de Leon. What a treat. But, this design was similar to one of the patterns. It had a floss body and floss rib but the coq de Leon was wrapped as hackle around as this is. Of the flies I got, they all used coq de Leon as hackle or wing material. Some of the wets had the fibers splayed like comparadun, the dries wrapped normal, clipped and had a coq de Leon wing. Obviously caddis dries.

All the bodies were floss with floss ribs and built up with nice tapers on all the flies.

Also, years ago, I came across an online site out of Leon area that sold coq de Leon and had numerous fly patterns and tying directions. I don't know if it exists anymore, I have not been able to find it recently and I think it was a rather obscure named site. Most of the patterns were inline with the examples I received.

As far as fishing these, I have had a few in my boxes for years. I fish them as you would an unweighted nymph pattern. They sink readily. I really don't know how they are specifically meant to be fished.

This specific pattern came about from my disdain of trying to tie a thick body from floss. Really a pain in the ..... the shape reminded me of a killerbug and I have tied most of the bodies with mohair yarn since. However, the floss bodies look very nice.

I found this site of Spanish style flies. http://www.pescaconmoscadeleon.com/mosc ... el-verano/ I find it interesting that the fly in the picture looks like it is tied on a spade end hook.

I did some poking around as well ... http://www.flyrodreel.com/magazine/2010 ... lies-wasps

You can find quite a few sites if you are willing to poke around for sure. Most of the wets I have seen are of the variety where the wing is tied in veiling the top and sides with none on the bottom.