FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Red Ibis
Tied by Christian Andrews
Red Ibis recipe
| Hook | #4 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk |
| Tag | flat tinsel gold |
| Rib | flat tinsel gold |
| Body | floss red |
| Hackle | rooster saddle tied wet style dyed red |
| Wings | feather slips - wing quills dyed red — originally Red Ibis, now sub something like dyed Goose shoulder |
About this fly
from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Red Ibis imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Tied for: Trout (general)
Where the Red Ibis came from
- Described by Henry William Herbert (Frank Forester), 1859. Earlier vault record: Scarlet Ibis with gold tinsel body listed as an American trout fly in 1859, predating the Orvis 1878 version.Source: Herbert (Frank Forester), Fish and Fishing of the U.S. and British Provinces (1859)
- Originated by C. F. Orvis, 1878, Manchester, Vermont. The Scarlet Ibis bass fly pictured is an Orvis favourite first made by him in 1878; applies to that specific version.Source: Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), p.479
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.
