FLY
Shain Fly
Shain Fly recipe
| Hook | sproat · #6 (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | silk · red - with dark lacquer on head |
| Tag | glat tinsel gold |
| Rib | thread black |
| Tail | 3 Mallard flank barbs |
| Body | floss yellow |
| Hackle | rooster saddle brown — tied wet style |
| Wings | wild Turkey tail slips |
| Collar | Ostrich or Peacock herl black or dark |
About this fly
from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury There is a dressing for a Schain Fly in flies by J. Edson Leanard, but the is no collar in that dressing. About the video: Shain Fly: a classic wet trout fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled) Thread: red silk with dark lacquered head Tag: flat gold tinsel Rib: black thread Tail: three Mallard flank barbs Body: yellow floss Hackle: brown rooster saddle tied wet style Wings: wild Turkey tail slips Collar: black Ostrich herl
What the Shain Fly imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Tied for: Trout (general)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate U, No. 206. 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.
