Classic Wet Fly
Bearverkill
Tied by Christian Andrews
Bearverkill recipe
| Hook | #10 (??) |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret or red |
| Rib | gold oval tinsel |
| Body | white floss or white dubbing |
| Wings | light mottled duck quill |
| Front Hackle | brown hen |
About this fly
Ingredients are guesses from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury The wing was originally curlew.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.











