Caperer

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #8

Thread: rusty brown

Materials-

tag: gold tinsel

body: rusty brown wool

wings: dun hackle tips

hackle: brown hen

Notes:

The ingredients here are a guess from the illustration of the Caperer in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury.

The wing could also be tied with duck, turkey, or goose quill.

 

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