FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Alder
Tied by Christian Andrews
Alder recipe
| Hook | #10 - 16 nymph |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret |
| Tag | gold tinsel |
| Body | Peacock herl |
| Front Hackle | soft brown hen |
| Wing | turkey or pheasant |
About this fly
tied from the illustration by Charles Orvis in Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Alder imitates
- Caddis adult (adult)
Where the Alder came from
- Described by Frederic M. Halford, 1886, Hampshire chalk streams (Test, Itchen). Hen pheasant tail wing (bustard for variety), rusty black cock hackle, copper peacock herl body.Source: Halford, Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (1886; archive.org floatingflieshow00halfrich), No.63 p.103
- Described by Mary Orvis Marbury, 1892. Illustrated and discussed by Marbury among her trout flies (no. 84). The chapter carries correspondents' letters on its origin and use; origin claims from those letters not yet extracted.Source: Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), coloured plates, fly no. 84
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate M, No. 84. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
