FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Stebbins
Tied by Christian Andrews
Stebbins recipe
| Hook | #14 sproat (blind and snelled) |
|---|---|
| Thread | red silk, waxed (with dark lacquered head) |
| Tag | flat gold tinsel |
| Tail | Mallard flank barbs |
| Body | green dubbing |
| Hackle | Grouse |
| Wings | dark gray duck quill |
About this fly
using the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
What the Stebbins 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. 204. 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.
