FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Esmeralda
Tied by Christian Andrews
Esmeralda recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret |
| Tag | gold tinsel under green (blue green) floss |
| Abdomen | gray wool, dubbed |
| Body Hackle | brown cock, short, palmered over thorax |
| Thorax | gray wool, dubbed |
| Hackle | brown (hen) |
| Wings | mottled white/brown quill slips |
About this fly
from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury and the ingredients chart 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 P, No. 130. 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.
