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Alder fly pattern tied by Christian Andrews
Classic Wet Fly

Alder

Tied by Christian Andrews

Alder recipe

Hook#10 - 16 nymph
Threadclaret
Taggold tinsel
BodyPeacock herl
Front Hacklesoft brown hen
Wingturkey 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

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.

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