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Golden Monkey fly pattern tied by Christian Andrews
Classic Wet Fly

Golden Monkey

Tied by Christian Andrews

Golden Monkey recipe

Hook#6 straight shank, straight eye
Threadclaret
Taggold flat tinsel
Ribgold oval tinsel
Bodygreen / green olive dubbing
HackleGuinea Hen
Wingsdark gray quill

About this fly

from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury and using the ingredients list in Flies by J. Edson Leonard

In the old books

Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate Q, No. 145. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.

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