Montreal (old pattern)

Montreal (old pattern)

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)

Thread: black silk

Rib: gold oval tinsel

Tail: red tuft

Body: red floss

Hackle: ginger, long, soft rooster tied wet style

Wings: wild turkey tail slips

Notes:

from the illustration and comments in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury