FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Brown Gnat
Tied by Christian Andrews
Brown Gnat recipe
| Hook | #18 - 24 |
|---|---|
| Thread | brown |
| Tag | gold tinsel |
| Body | brown chenille sized to hook |
| Wings | brown dry fly hackle tips |
About this fly
from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis
What the Brown Gnat imitates
- Midge adult (adult)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate M, No. 91. 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.
