FLY
Wet Fly
Red Tag
Tied by Christian Andrews
Red Tag recipe
| Hook | #14 nymph |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk (or choice) |
| Tag | wool red — picked out |
| Body | Peacock herl |
| Hackle | Hen red |
About this fly
using the dressing from The Art of the Wet Fly by W. S. Roger Fogg
What the Red Tag imitates
- Soft hackle / North Country spider / flymph / wet fly
Tied for: Trout (general)
Where the Red Tag came from
- Described by F.M. Halford, 1886, England. A grand grayling pattern fished dry.Source: Halford, Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (1886), p.101 No.56
- Described by Mr. Marryat, 1886, England. Variant: Marryat's improved version used a macaw-tail body and blood-red hackle.Source: Halford, Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (1886), p.101 No.56
- Originated by Martyn Flynn, Worcestershire. 1850s, as a grayling dry fly first called the Worcestershire Gem or Wonder.Source: Wikipedia: Red Tag (artificial fly) (citing Roberts 1986; Herd 2012)
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.
