FLY
North Country Spiders
T. E. Pritt No. 8 (variant)
Tied by Christian Andrews
T. E. Pritt No. 8 (variant) recipe
| Hook | #14 |
|---|---|
| Thread | yellow silk |
| Body | light spiral dubbing over thread; original - water rat, substitute - muskrat |
| Hackle | original - water hen, substitute - black inner covert feather |
About this fly
T. E. Pritt’s No. 8 is the Water Hen Bloa which calls for water rat dubbing and water hen inner covert feather hackle. This example is tied with muskrat and a wild turkey inner wing covert feather for the hackle.
What the T. E. Pritt No. 8 (variant) imitates
- Soft hackle / North Country spider / flymph / wet fly
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
