Fin Fly

Fin Fly

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #8 sproat

Thread: Claret

Body Parts: abdomen, tail, body, hackle, wings 

Materials: gold tinsel, brown hackle barbs, light red floss, coch-y-bondhu or Badger, white quill (duck, goose, turkey)

Notes:

from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

recipe also available in Flies by J. Edson Leonard

 

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