The Wilson Fly

Wet Fly

Tied By Darrell Olson

Hook: Mustad Wet Fly 3906 or 3999, I used a size 10

Thread: Orange, 140 Denier

Bead:

Materials-

body: Dubbed orange synthetic fur or yarn

Throat: Orange Hackle

wing: One green winged teal breast feather with a single dot in it, tied with the concave up

Notes:

The Wilson series of flies included The Wilson, Wilson Ant, Wilson’s Mormon Girl, Wilson’s Red Ant, Wilson’s Trout Fly, and Wilson’s Trout Killer. The Wilson wing is not like the typical wet fly wing made of two matching quill sections, concave sides together, tied as a single vertical “fin” on the hook. This wing was quite unique, in that it was made from a single breast feather, usually teal, sometimes brown mallard, tied with the concave side up. This gave the fly a vibrating action as it is worked through the water. You can imagine how intriguing this could be to a fish.