FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Maurice
Tied by Christian Andrews
Maurice recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret silk (or red if dark lacquered head) |
| Tail | narrow red quill slip |
| Abdomen | red (floss) |
| Rib | undersize ginger hackle, palmered over thorax only |
| Thorax | black (floss) |
| Hackle | ginger - wet fly style |
| Wing | rolled mallard flank |
About this fly
Maurice: a trout fly pattern from 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 S, No. 176. 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.
