Southside
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #8 sprout
Thread: claret
Tag: flat gold tinsel
Body: orange dubbing
Hackle: webby brown rooster
Wing: rolled Mallard flank
Notes:
From Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury.
The Orvis tiers used either black or red thread and lacquered the heads of their flies. Lacquer in red thread would have turned the color to something like claret. This, claret thread and a contemporary clear head finish.
