The keys to this fly are the polar fiber tail that moves naturally unlike any other synthetic, a weighted hook that gets this bushy pattern down quick and in the feeding lane, and the hot pink flourofiber throat that changes color in the light and drives fish nuts. All in all a spectacular and productive big baitfish fly. Colors, Chartreuse/White, Olive/White.
Size: 2, 2/0, 4/0.
Cowen’s Baitfish (approx 4” in length)
| Hook |
Tiemco 600SP (size 1/0) |
| Thread |
Danville mono (size .006 fine) |
| Eyes |
Epoxy 3-D (size #6 silver w/black pupil) |
| Weight |
Lead wire (size .035 wrapped around hook shank) |
| Braid |
Flat body braid (pearl) |
| Tail |
White Polar Fibre |
| Underbelly |
White Flash-N-Slinky |
| Wing |
Olive Flash-N-Slinky over lavender, grey Flash-N-Slinky over lavender or all chartreuse |
| Throat |
Fluoro Fibre (hot pink) |
| Glue |
Soft Tex used just beyond hook bend on Polar Fibre to prevent fouling |
Cowen's Baitfish is available through retailers that carry flies from Umpqua Feather Merchants |
