Red Fox

Red Fox

Classic Wet Fly, Winged Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)

Thread: red silk, dark lacquered head (or claret silk)

Tail: Lemon Wood Duck

Tag: gold flat tinsel

Body: red fox belly underfur

Hackle: brown, rooster saddle tied wet style

Wings: gray duck quills

Notes:

Red Fox: a classic wet trout fly in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury