Cosseboom

Written by DCarp

Cosseboom

RWFF Cosseboom

• Hook: Steelhead/Salmon 2-8
• Thread: Red
• Tail: Green / Olive Floss
• Body: Green / Olive Floss
• Rib: Flat Silver Tinel
• Wing: Squirrel
• Collar: Yellow Hackle

HISTORY

The Cosseboom was created by the American angler John C. Cosseboom of Woonsocket, Rhode Island in around 1923, for use on the Margaree River in Nova Scotia, Canada. The Cosseboom was originally tied with an olive green body, silver tinsel ribbing, grey squirrel tail wing, and a lemon-yellow hackle tied as a collar after the wing was applied, with a red head. Other body and hackle color combinations have evolved, but all retain the grey squirrel tail wing. The Cosseboom remains a very popular and effective Steelhead / Atlantic salmon fly and is used worldwide.