FLY
Dry Fly
Blue Dun
Tied by Christian Andrews
Blue Dun recipe
| Hook | #14 dry or as desired |
|---|---|
| Thread | light dun or gray |
| Tag | gold |
| Tail | three light dun hairs (died deer) |
| Body | light blue dun dubbing |
| Wings | light blue dun hackle tips |
| Front Hackle | light blue dun |
About this fly
Mary Orvis Marbury says there are no flies with more names or dressed in more variety than what she called the Blue Dun.
What the Blue Dun imitates
- Mayfly dun (adult dry) (dun)
- Mayfly spinner (spinner)
Where the Blue Dun came from
- Described by Charles Cotton, 1676. Earliest vault record: Great Blue Dun of bear's hair roots with blue camlet, dark grey mallard wing.Source: Cotton, The Compleat Angler Part II (1676), Elliot ed., February list No.7 (Great Blue Dun)
- Described by Alfred Ronalds, 1836. Natural figured; its spinner is the Red Spinner.Source: Ronalds, The Fly-Fisher's Entomology (2nd ed. 1839; orig. 1836), No.2 Flies for March, p.52
- Originated by unknown, England. Cotton: Great Blue Dun (February No.7) and Blue Dun (March No.5). Traditional; among the oldest named duns. No maker recorded.Source: Cotton, The Compleat Angler Part II (1676), Elliot ed., February list Nos.6-7
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 N, No. 103. 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.
