FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Laramie
Tied by Christian Andrews
Laramie recipe
| Hook | # 6 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret silk (or red if head is dark lacquered) |
| Tag | silver oval tinsel or wire |
| Rib | silver oval tinsel or wire |
| Tail | red tuft |
| Body | red floss |
| Hackle | black, long soft rooster |
| Wing | dark mallard flank, rolled |
About this fly
from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
Where the Laramie came from
- Described by Mary Orvis Marbury, 1892. Illustrated and discussed by Marbury among her trout flies (no. 171). The chapter carries correspondents' letters on its origin and use; origin claims from those letters not yet extracted.Source: Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), coloured plates, fly no. 171
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate R, No. 171. 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.
