FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Orange Black
Tied by Christian Andrews
Orange Black recipe
| Hook | #4 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | Claret silk (or red if head is dark lacquered) |
| Tag | gold tinsel |
| Tail | two Golden Pheasant tippet barbs |
| Body | orange / red-orange floss |
| Rib | gold tinsel (oval) |
| Hackle | black, long flexible rooster tied wet style |
| Wings | black quill slips |
About this fly
from the illustration in 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. 184. 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.
