classic Michigan dry fly · mid to late 1960s
Coulson's Brown Drake Emerger
Unverified origin Everything about this fly and its tyer comes from the Michigan Dry Flies archive; no public source was found.
History
This is a parachute brown drake emerger with a deer-hair body, a pheasant tail and a white post. The Michigan Dry Flies archive credits it to the late Milt Coulson in the mid to late 1960s.
The Michigan Dry Flies archive describes Coulson as a longtime Trout Unlimited board member who helped organize the Challenge Chapter. No public source found so far confirms either the fly or those details.
Materials
| Hook | Dry, size 10 |
|---|---|
| Tail | Pheasant tail fibers |
| Post | White deer hair or calf kip |
| Body | Tan or brown deer hair |
| Rib | Thread, crisscrossed |
| Hackle | Brown, parachute |
Sources
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No photo yet. Every photo on michfly is of a fly tied for the site, so they're added a few at a time.
Original recipe cards for many Michigan patterns are kept at the Michigan Dry Flies archive, built by the late Tom Deschaine.