FLY
Dry Fly
Palmered Soldier
Tied by Christian Andrews
Palmered Soldier recipe
| Hook | # 10 - 18 dry |
|---|---|
| Thread | red |
| Body | red wool |
| Body Hackle | brown dry fly, palmered |
| Front Hackle | brown dry fly, 1.5 hook gap |
About this fly
Palmered Soldier - from Mary Orvis Marbury’s Favorite Flies as illustrated by Charles Orvis Lay down a base of red threadTie in a dry fly hackle feather above the barb by the tip, shiny side out, should be short fibersTie in a strand of fine red wool yarn to the hook bend (or dub a fine red wool body); touching wraps forward to two eye lengths behind eye, tie in and clip extraPalmer the body hackle in spiral wraps over the body; tie in, clip extraTie in a brown hackle, fibers 1.5 hook gap, shiny side facing out, two eye lengths behind eye; wrap front hackle, tie off, clip extraWrap a red thread head; whip finish; head cement
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
