Coch-y-Bonddu (as illustrated by Charles Orvis)

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fly tying fly fishing Charles Orvis Mary Marbury traditional Welch fly

Coch-y-Bunddu (from Favorite Flies (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvic

Hook: #12-18 wet/nymph
Thread: red
Tag: black silk thread
Rib: fine gold wire
Body: Peacock herl
Front hackle: “coch-y-bunddu” soft hackle (yah, right! - here used a soft hen hackle in the opposite pattern to the traditional)

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