Coq De Leon Streamer

Hook

Tiemco 9395 size 8 & 10

Thread

Black 6/0

Rib

(Brassie) Silver Wire

Wing

Black Pine Squirrel

Body

Silver Sparkle Braid

Collar

Whiting Coq De Leon feather

Gills

Flourescent Pink 6/0

Flash

Targus Fuchsia Liqui Flash

 

 

 

Step 1 Insert cone onto hook. Attach thread behind cone. Tie on wire, wrap to the bend of the hook.

Step 2. Spiral wrap thread to behind the cone. Tie a piece of Sparkle Braid and wrap down to the bend of the hook.

Step 3. Spiral wrap thread back to the back of the cone. Wrap Sparkle Braid to right behind the cone. Tie off and trim excess braid.

 

 

 

Step 4. Tie on pine squirrel strip by the tip right behind the cone.

Step 5. Spiral wrap the wire through the squirrel strip wing. Ribbing should be evenly spaced.

Step 6. Tie off wire and cut excess. Tie in 2 or 4 Liqui Flash strips on each side. Cut to strips to a body length.

 

 

 

Step 7. Prepare a Coq De Leon feather by cutting the feather as shown.  This removes the thickest part of the center quill that will not be able to be wrapped.

Step 8. Smash down the thick quill part of the cut feather so that it will wrap without splitting.

Step 9. Tie on feather by the butt behind the cone. Grasp feather by the tips and wrap forward. Stroke marabou part of the feather back as it is being wrapped.Whip finish and cut thread. Attach Fluorescent pink thread and build a thread gill collar behind the cone. Whip Finish.

One of the most effective ways to fish the Gunnison River while moving in a raft or drift boat is with Streamers. Years ago Gary Borger showed me how to tie his strip leech pattern and I have used it effectively. He shows how to tie and fish it in his video the BOW RIVER. Almost everybody fishes them fast. They are dynamite when fished slow, bumping along on the bottom. If you don’t believe me watch the video. I have used both rabbit and pine squirrel, the squirrel seems to work the best in the Gunnison Gorge.I fish streamers early in the morning and late in the evening. I usually switch to deep nymphing around 9 or 10 until hatches start coming off. I will usually switch to a dry and a dropper then. Around 2 in the afternoon (2 o’clock blues) I nymph again. If I am really lucky around 4 there is dry fly fishing only. But usually I go back to droppers. I also use the hopper-copper-dropper method a lot. 

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