Black May

Black May

Dry Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #18 – 22 dry

Thread: black

Materials-

tag: gold tinsel

body: thread

hackle: black or dark dun sized to hook

wings: black or dar dun hackle feather tips

Notes:

from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis

This is a two winged Diptera, not a mayfly

 

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