FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Marston’s Fancy
Tied by Christian Andrews
Marston’s Fancy recipe
| Hook | #8 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret silk (or red if head is dark lacquered) |
| Tag | flat gold tinsel |
| Tail | three black feather barbs |
| Body | Peacock herl |
| Hackle | ginger tied wet style |
| Abdomen | light dun or gray quill slips |
About this fly
Marston’s Fancy from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Marston’s Fancy imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate S, No. 178. 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.
