Alexandra
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #6 wet fly
Thread: black
Body Parts: tag, tail, rib, body, underwing, overwing, overwing 2, collar
Materials: silver tinsel under red floss, Peacock swords (or red feather barbs), silver oval tinsel, silver tinsel, light gray quill, peacock swords, red quill, black hen hackle
Notes:
tied from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
More traditionally. or less???, this fly is tied with a shorter red tail and no underwing.
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