FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Great Red Spinner
Tied by Christian Andrews
Great Red Spinner recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat (blind optional) |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk |
| Tag | gold flat tinsel |
| Tail | brown rooster hackle barbs |
| Rib | gold tinsel |
| Body | red dubbing |
| Hackle | soft brown rooster |
| Wings | dark gray quill slips |
About this fly
a trout fly from Favorite Flies and Their Hisoties (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Great Red Spinner imitates
- Gray Fox (spinner) Maccaffertium vicarium
- Mayfly spinner (spinner)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate Q, No. 154. 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.
