Cow Dung

Written by Stewart Denton Hits: 693

Fly Materials

Wing	Mallard quill.
Body	Olive floss.
Hackle	Brown or mottled brown/black wet.

Tying Instructions

Instructions

Note: Wet flies are a growing group of flies in my box.
I have started to tie and to fish them, poorly at this point, but there is
always hope.

The cow dung was
my the first effort in that vein. It is an old pattern. The cow dung
of course represents cattle flies, and will be a choice to try where flies are
found, especially cattle flies. At this point I have only tied a few classic
wets, although I have tied quite a few of Sylvester Nemes "Partridge
and..." type soft hackles, and hope to add a lot more to the box.

The Alder is also
on my list to tie and fish. There are alders on many streams in Colorado
and New Mexico where we fish, and so the Alder, which is a fly tiers

representation of the alder fly, may turn out to be a good choice.

Olive floss.