Allerton

Allerton

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat

Thread: claret

Materials- tail: barred wood duck rib: gold oval tinsel rib: undersized blue hackle, palmered body: gold floss hackle: blue wings: red quill

Notes:

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

Mary thought this fly ought be dressed on a larger hook and categorized with the lake flies even though it was tied smaller and used for brook trout in actual usage.