FLY
Spiders
March Brown
Tied by Christian Andrews
March Brown recipe
| Hook | #14 nymph |
|---|---|
| Thread | Orange silk |
| Hackle | brown partridge |
| Rib | fine gold wire |
| Body | mixed hare’s mask hairs -dubbed |
About this fly
This recipe is the March Brown Spider in The Soft-Hackled Fly by Sylvester Nemes
What the March Brown imitates
- Mayfly spinner (spinner)
Where the March Brown came from
- Described by Alfred Ronalds, 1836. Natural figured with dressing.Source: Ronalds, The Fly-Fisher's Entomology (2nd ed. 1839; orig. 1836), No.8 Flies for March, p.58
- Described by Francis Francis, 1867. Records regional names: Cob Fly in Wales, Brown Drake in Yorkshire.Source: Francis, A Book on Angling (1867), p.146
- Originated by unknown, England/Wales. Traditional imitation of Rhithrogena germanica; no maker recorded.Source: Ronalds, The Fly-Fisher's Entomology (2nd ed. 1839; orig. 1836), No.8 Flies for March, p.58
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate S, No. 174. 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.
