FLY
Soft Hackle Wet Fly
Iron Blue Dun
Tied by Christian Andrews
Iron Blue Dun recipe
| Hook | #14 fine wire |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk |
| Tag | red silk |
| Tail | 4 - 5 white hen barbs |
| Body | dubbed mole fur |
| Hackle | small jackdaw (or sub dark dun covert) |
About this fly
using the recipe in The Soft-Hackled Fly by Sylvester Nemes subbed rook covert for the jackdaw, others have subbed startling
What the Iron Blue Dun imitates
- Iron Blue Dun (spinner) Alainites muticus
- Mayfly dun (adult dry) (dun)
- Scarce Iron Blue (dun) Nigrobaetis digitatus
- Southern Iron Blue (dun) Nigrobaetis niger
Where the Iron Blue Dun came from
- Described by Alfred Ronalds, 1836. Natural figured with dressing; its spinner is the Jenny Spinner.Source: Ronalds, The Fly-Fisher's Entomology (2nd ed. 1839; orig. 1836), No.16 Flies for April, p.71
- Described by John Turton, 1836. Listed in the same year as Ronalds' first edition.Source: Turton, The Angler's Manual (1836), List No.35 'Iron Blue'
- Originated by unknown, England. Traditional imitation of the small dark Baetid dun; no maker recorded.Source: Ronalds, The Fly-Fisher's Entomology (2nd ed. 1839; orig. 1836), No.16, p.71
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
