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
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.
