Katydid
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)
Thread: claret silk (or red if the head is dark lacquered)
Body Parts: tag, rib, tail, body, hackle, abdomen
Materials: gold tinsel, gold tinsel, three dark feather barbs (Pheasant tail), green floss, green parrot breast or covert, green parrot quill slips
Notes:
from the illustration and commentary in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
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