FLY
Epting Hackle
Epting Hackle recipe
| Hook | #14 |
|---|---|
| Thread | red |
| Rib | black silk thread |
| Body | red: wool, dubbing, yarn |
| Thorax | yellow: floss, wool, yarn |
| Front Hackle | brown soft hen with black center (furnace) |
About this fly
a fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis Lay down thread baseTie in a length of black silk thread at hook bendTie in a length of red yarn and wrap the body or dub the body with red dubbing to 1/3 behind eyeSpiral wrap the black thread over the body; tie off; clip extraTie in a length of yellow floss at the eye end of the body and wrap the thorax leaving room for front hackle and head; tie off; clip extraTie in the soft hackle by the tip; clip off extra tip; wrap the front hackle; tie off; clip off extra stemWrap head; whip finish; head cement
What the Epting Hackle imitates
- Soft hackle / North Country spider / flymph / wet fly
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate A, No. 16. 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.
