FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Oak Fly
Tied by Christian Andrews
Oak Fly recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | claret silk (or red if the head is dark lacquered) |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant tippet |
| Tag | flat gold tinsel |
| Body | gold yellow floss |
| Hackle | brown, long flexible rooster tied wet style |
| Wings | rolled brown mallard flank |
About this fly
from the illustration and description in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Oak Fly imitates
- Midge adult (adult)
Where the Oak Fly came from
- Described by Izaak Walton, 1653, England. Earliest vault record.Source: Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler (vault edition), p.124 'Oak-fly'
- Described by Thomas Best, 1787, England. Oak, Ash, Woodcock, Cannon or Downhill Fly; named for resting head-down.Source: Best, A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling (1787; c.1810 ed.), Ch. IV
- Described by Alfred Ronalds, 1836, England. Gives the insect as Leptis scolopacea.Source: Ronalds, The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, Ch. IV No.21
- Originated by unknown, England. Terrestrial (Leptis scolopacea) imitation; no inventor.Source: Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler (vault edition), p.124
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.
