Gray Drake

Gray Drake

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #8 sproat

Thread: claret

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

Materials: three black feather barbs, flat silver tinsel, fine black, while floss, white or pale dun, soft (webby) rooster, rolled mallard flank

Notes:

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

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