Fin Fly

Fin Fly

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #8 sproat

Thread: Claret

Materials- abdomen: gold tinsel tail: brown hackle barbs body: light red floss hackle: coch-y-bondhu or Badger wings: white quill (duck, goose, turkey)

Notes:

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

recipe also available in Flies by J. Edson Leonard