FLY
Classic Salmon Fly
Mar Lodge
Tied by Rich LaMonte
Mar Lodge recipe
| Hook | Byron Bjerke Harrison Bartleet 3/0 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Black |
| Tag | Lagartun flat silver tinsel |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant Crest veiled with 2 small jungle cock feathers |
| Butt | Black Ostrich Herl |
| Body | Rear 1/3-flat silver tinsel, middle 1/3-black silk floss, front 1/3-flat silver tinsel |
| Rib | Medium veevus silver oval tinsel |
| Throat | Guinnea fowl |
| Underwing | Golden Pheasant Tippets |
| Wing | White Turkey, kori bustard, cinnamon turkey, Grey mottled turkey, florican bustard, Golden pheasant tail |
| Sides | Barred wood duck flank, jungle cock |
| Topping | Golden Pheasant Crest |
| Horns | Blue and gold macaw tail fibers |
| Head | Black |
What the Mar Lodge imitates
- Salmon / steelhead classic wet (floss, tinsel, hackle)
Where the Mar Lodge came from
- Described by Francis Francis. Figured in colour on Plate XVI alongside the Gordon, Sir Herbert and Wilkinson.Source: Francis Francis, A Book on Angling (1867; later ed., archive.org bookonanglingbei00franiala), p.265, Plate XVI
- Originated by John Lamont, River Dee, Aberdeenshire. Kelson credits John Lamont; quotes the inventor that in 1893 the Duchess of Fife did well with it; supplied by Garden of Aberdeen.Source: Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), pp.187-188
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
