FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Red Fox
Tied by Christian Andrews
Red Fox recipe
| Hook | #6 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk, dark lacquered head (or claret silk) |
| Tail | Lemon Wood Duck |
| Tag | gold flat tinsel |
| Body | red fox belly underfur |
| Hackle | brown, rooster saddle tied wet style |
| Wings | gray duck quills |
About this fly
Red Fox: a classic wet trout fly in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
Where the Red Fox came from
- Originated by unknown. One of the Fox series, named for the fur in the body; known on both sides of the Atlantic, no originator given.Source: Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), p.353
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate T, No. 198. 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.
