FLY
Grouse Hackle
Grouse Hackle recipe
| Hook | #16 (14 - 18) wet fly |
|---|---|
| Thread | black silk |
| Tag | black silk thread |
| Rib | black silk thread |
| Body | red: wool, yarn, dubbing |
| Front Hackle | grouse (or brown partrigde) |
About this fly
This fly is from the illustration by Charles Orvis in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury In the attached video, tied on #16 wet hook, but could be tied on a dry fly hook as well Tie in thread leaving a tag long enough to use as the ribCreate a slender red body: red yarn or dubbing (was mostly like tied by Mary with red wool)Wrap the thread tag around the hook at the bend behind the body to create a back tag; then spiral wrap the thread over the body as rib; tie off and clip extraTie in a grouse soft hackle feather an eye length behind the eye (a brown partridge feather was used in attached video); wrap the hackle; tie off, clip stemWrap the head, whip finish, head cement.
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate A, No. 8. 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.
