Alexandra
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #6 wet fly
Thread: black
Materials-
tag: silver tinsel under red floss
tail: Peacock swords (or red feather barbs)
rib: silver oval tinsel
body: silver tinsel
underwing: light gray quill
overwing: peacock swords
overwing 2: red quill
collar: 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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