Dark Snipe
Classic Wet Fly, North Country Spiders, Wet Fly, Winged Wet Fly
Tied By Brent Jones
Hook: Lightning Strike NW3 size 14
Thread: Uni 8/0, Purple
Body: Thread
Hackle: Grey/Blue Hen
Wings: Starling Quill Slips
Head: 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.
