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.