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Francis Fly fly pattern tied by Brent Jones
Wet Fly

Francis Fly

Tied by Brent Jones

Francis Fly recipe

HookSprite wet S1175
ThreadUni 8/0 Black
BodyPeacock Herl
RibDanville 4 strand red rayon floss
WingJungle Cock Body Feather (paired)
HackleGrizzly Hen
HeadThread

About this fly

fly_01 pass 2026-09-03 (Opus): stays unlinked — proper_noun_no_cue

In the old books

Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate P, No. 133. 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.

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