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Lady of the Lake fly pattern tied by Christian Andrews
Classic Wet Fly

Lady of the Lake

Tied by Christian Andrews

Lady of the Lake recipe

Hook#6 sproat (blind and snelled)
Threadclaret silk (or red if the head is dark lacquered
Tailthree Peacock swords
ButtPeacock herl
Bodywhite floss
ThoraxPeacock herl
Hacklewhite long thin rooster
Wingswhite quill

About this fly

from the illustration 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 S, No. 175. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.

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