Black May

Black May

Dry Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #18 – 22 dry

Thread: black

Body Parts: tag, body, hackle, wings 

Materials: gold tinsel, thread, black or dark dun sized to hook, black or dar dun hackle feather tips

Notes:

from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis

This is a two winged Diptera, not a mayfly

 

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