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Cummings
Tied by Charles Dickson Jr.

Name	Cummings
Category	Steelhead Tube Fly
Tube	Brass, Copper or Aluminum
Tag	Oval Silver tinsel
Butt	Yellow hackle
Rib	Claret floss with oval silver tinsel on either side of it over rear half of body, large oval silver over the front part of body
Body	Rear half yellow floss, front half Claret dubbing
Body Hackle	Yellow hackle palmered over front of body
Collar	Claret hackle
Wing	Brown rabbit strip over rear half, brown rabbit strip over front
Head	Silver cone

Cummings was tied by Charles Dickson Jr. You can find more of his flies on his page on this site, The Flies of Charles Dickson Jr.. 

Charlie's Notes: The Cummings is another old standard for steelhead fishing on the west coast. It was originally invented the 1930’s by Ward Cummings and Clarence Gordon in Oregon. This is my version of the fly adapted to a tube.

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