This is another great fly from Gwilym Hughes. In fact it is the pattern that won him honers at the 1998 River International on the River Tweed and also ensured that Wales were overall Champions.

 The fly was inspired by the Greenwells Glory named by a schoolmaster by the name of Brown who saw James Wright a fly tier  tying them for Canon Greenwell. The Canon had seen BWO coming off the River Tweed and having taken a sample designed the first Greenwells Glory.

Whilst at practise during the 1998 Gwilym also saw the hatching of the same Olive and set about designing a fly with Canon Greenwells original thoughts in his own mind but using more modern materials. ( I know Cotton discusses that he used  CDC plumes in his own flies)

With all these thoughts in mind the Mark I Cul De Canon was born.The dressing of this fly is detailed below.

Hook: Tiemco 2487 size 16

Body: Lureflash primrose multistrand silk code number MS6 drawn through brown cobblers wax.

Wing: Four CDC plumes over 6 to 10 deer hair tips.

Gwilym was individual winner and caught the biggest fish at 44.5cm during the competition.

The Fly has been further developed and the Mark II version is the one that I have tied on the video to imitate a small dark olive. The dressing is as follows:

Hook:  Kamasan B100 or similar size 16 or to suit the hatch.

Body: Olive silk or to match the hatch.

Thorax: In two parts. First three turns of pearl tinsel over itself followed by a dubbing loop of either rabbit fur or mole fur.

Under wing: 6 to 10 fibres of dear hair tips ( I have used munkjac in the video clip)

Over wing: four CDC plumbs.

To view the tying of this fly just click on the photograph above. To save it to your computer right click and 'Save Target As'

 Give the fly a go and tie it in different sizes and different coloured silks.