FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Katydid
Tied by Christian Andrews
Katydid recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret silk (or red if the head is dark lacquered) |
| Tag | gold tinsel |
| Rib | gold tinsel |
| Tail | three dark feather barbs (Pheasant tail) |
| Body | green floss |
| Hackle | green parrot breast or covert |
| Abdomen | green parrot quill slips |
About this fly
from the illustration and commentary in 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 R, No. 166. 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.
