Orange Black

Orange Black

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #4 sproat (blind and snelled)

Thread: Claret silk (or red if head is dark lacquered)

Tag: gold tinsel

Tail: two Golden Pheasant tippet barbs

Body: orange / red-orange floss

Rib: gold tinsel (oval)

Hackle: black, long flexible rooster tied wet style

Wings: black quill slips

Notes:

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