FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Deer Fly
Tied by Christian Andrews
Deer Fly recipe
| Hook | #8 sproat |
|---|---|
| Thread | red |
| Tag | gold tinsel |
| Tail | black hackle barbs |
| Body | green floss |
| Hackle | white |
| Wings | white quill |
| Head | red thread |
About this fly
from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury with help from materials list in Flies by J. Edson Leonard
Tied for: Trout (general)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate O, No. 126. 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.
