FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Jungle Cock
Tied by Christian Andrews
Jungle Cock recipe
| Hook | #2 - 4 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret silk (or red if the head is dark lacquered) |
| Tag | gold flat tinsel |
| Tail | barred wood duck |
| Rib | gold oval tinsel (or gold wire) |
| Body | red floss |
| Hackle | furnace soft long rooster |
| Wings | shank length Jungle Cock nail feathers |
About this fly
from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate Z, No. 255. 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.
