FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Red Head
Tied by Christian Andrews
Red Head recipe
| Hook | #4 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk (or claret if head is not dark lacquered) |
| Tail | red floss tuft |
| Body | gold oval tinsel |
| Hackle | ginger rooster saddle tied wet style |
| Wings | barred duck (originally red duck breast) |
About this fly
Red Head: a Charles Orvis wet fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
