Coq De Leon

[EzGoing 0]

Looking for information on Coq De Leon hackles...Can it be used for dry flies...what is it used for? Can anyone post pics of flies with coq de leon feathers/hackle?

Tx.

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

Coq De Leon is most commonly used as tailing fibers in dry flies also check out these flies by Paco Soria he created a technique using Coq De Leon as hackle on some very productive dry flies here is a link http://flytyingworld.com/PagesP/pacosoria.htm

[flytire 0]

http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/coq_de_leon.htm

 

http://www.gallosdeleon.com/Ingles/ingles.html

[DHise 0]

Mostly tailing fibers but it seems to be used for many applications in and around Spain. Andres Touceda and his buddy will be spending 2 weeks with me in North Carolina in November. I plan on having various workshops... one of which will be all about tying with Coq de Leon (dries, wets, and nymphs).

[gpd4 0]

There was an article in a recent (within the last year) Fly Tyer magazine that touched on Coq de Leon feathers. One streamer really stuck out for me. Tied on a wide gap bass hook with a cone head. 2 Coq de Leon hen feathers as a tail and then tie in another feather and wrap it up the hook. Most took 3-4 feathers to cover the hook. I caught a fish with it the first time I got it wet.

 

I'll try to remember to post a pic when I get home tonight.

[Noega 0]

Hi to all from Spain.

 

Coq de León feathers can be used in different ways: tails, ephemera wings, caddis wings, yo can use the tip of the feathers or taking some fibers between your fingers and then put it on a small hair stacker, etc.

 

It's very important to know how to select the feather. We don't need the same quality (or "grado") to tie a spanish traditional wet fly or a caddis wing or a nymph tail or legs. However, I think only in Spain it's possible to get feathers from low quality to high, so it could be useless try to explain the differences between and we need a good pics to explain that.

 

There are three basic aspects to bear in mind: "brillo", "obra" and "rigidez". These three points deteminate the quality of the feather.

 

So I think it would be more interesting to show some flies and maybe talk about the steps of tying, the way of fishing these flies, etc.

 

 

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Here you can see something more: http://moscas-noega.blogspot.com/

 

Cheers. Abel.

[petegray 0]

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