Dark Snipe
Classic Wet Fly, North Country Spiders, Wet Fly
Tied By Brent Jones
Hook: Lightning Strike NW3 size 14
Thread: Uni 8/0, Purple
Body Parts: body, hackle, wings, head
Materials: Thread, Grey/Blue Hen, Starling Quill Slips, Thread
Notes:
No. 5.
Dark Snipe or Snipe and Purple.
Ephemeridæ.
Hook 1.
Wings.—Hackled with the dark feather from the marginal coverts of a Snipe’s wing.
Body.—Purple silk, No. 8.
Head.—Purple silk.
March to middle of April, and again in September.
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