Black June

Dry Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #14 dry

Thread: claret or red

Body Parts: tag, body, front hackle, wings

Materials: gold tinsel, peacock herl – blue if possible, light dun dry, sized to hook, dark dun or black dry hackle feather tips

Notes:

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

Tie the hackle in so the fibers face the hook bend.

Tie the wings in over the hackle.

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