Caperer

Caperer

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #8

Thread: rusty brown

Materials- tag: gold tinsel body: rusty brown wool wings: dun hackle tips hackle: brown hen

Notes:

The ingredients here are a guess from the illustration of the Caperer in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury.

The wing could also be tied with duck, turkey, or goose quill.