FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Blue Professor
Tied by Christian Andrews
Blue Professor recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk (or claret if the head is not dark lacquered) |
| Tail | red quill slips |
| Rib | silver oval tinsel |
| Body | light blue floss |
| Hackle | brown, long flexible rooster saddle tied wet style |
| Wing | rolled barred flank |
About this fly
Blue Professor: a classic wet fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Blue Professor imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Where the Blue Professor came from
- Derived from Professor. Simply the Professor with a blue body instead of yellow; said more taking in parts of the Adirondacks.Source: Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), p.350
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate T, No. 193. 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.
