Francis Fly

Francis Fly

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat

Thread: claret

Body Parts: tag, rib, body, wings, hackle 

Materials: flat gold tinsel, red floss, peacock herl, light dun saddle hackle tips, light dun webby cock hackle

Notes:

from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

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