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Hook: Dry Fly #8-#20
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: Moose or Dark Elk Hair
Body: Peacock Herl divided by band of red floss
Hackle: Brown
Wing: White Calf Body Hair

Tying Instructions:
This can be a little tricky of a fly to tie, especially in small sizes. First you want to tie the wing on. Make sure to stack all the hairs so that they are even before you tie them on. The wings should be slanted out slightly and form a V with the hook. Now tie on a tail that is slightly shorter than the body of the fly. The butts of the tail should meet those of the wing on the hook so there are no gaps that could ruin the body. Use two or three strands of peacock for the body depending on the size of the fly. After forming the back third of the body, don't cut the peacock off. Bring it up to where the peacock will start again. Now take your thread and tie on some floss and wrap it around. Tie it off and finish with the peacock body. Now to do the hackle start just behind the wing you tied in. Get two strips of brown hackle and wrap them forward to the eye and tie off your thread.

Fly Information:
This is a very good dry fly. You can use this to imitate many hatches. It also is very easy to see because of the white wings. Although the name of this fly is associated with Lee Wulff and his series of flies he was not actually the creator of this one. The inventor of this fly was L.Q. Quackenbush. It was originally called the Quack Coachman and actually came out about the same time Lee Wulff was introducing his flies and along the way Quackenbush's name was lost in the shuffle. This fly works when common sense says it shouldn't. You can use it in small sizes to get picky trout and the bigger sizes seem to tell fish its a fly worth coming a distance to take. For one reason or another this fly always seems to catch fish.