FLY
North Country Spiders
Greensleeves
Tied by Christian Andrews
Greensleeves recipe
| Hook | #14 |
|---|---|
| Thread | bright green silk |
| Head | Peacock herl |
| Hackle | Woodcock inner wing |
| Body | thread |
About this fly
T. E. Pritt No. 48 - Greensleeves
What the Greensleeves imitates
- Green Lacewing (adult) Chrysoperla carnea
- Soft hackle / North Country spider / flymph / wet fly (emerger)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Pritt, North-Country Flies (1886), Plate 9, No. 48. 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.
