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.
