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Revision as of 14:14, 6 December 2005 by 24.91.6.251 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Known to fly fishing community as the famous fly used to catch Salmon. Created by American angler, Mr. John C. Cosseboom of Woonsocket, RI, about 1923 for use on the Margaree River in Nova Scotia, Canada. Original tied with olive green body, silver tinsel ribbing, grey squirrel tail wing, and lemon-yellow hackle tied as a collar after wing applied, with red head. Other body and hackle color combinations have evolved, but all retain the grey squirrel tail wing.
Source: Atlantic Salmon Flies & Fishing, ppg. 235 - 239, by Joseph D. Bates, Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA., 1970.
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