Gray Drake

Gray Drake

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #8 sproat

Thread: claret

Tail: three black feather barbs

Tag: flat silver tinsel

Rib: fine black

Body: while floss

Hackle: white or pale dun, soft (webby) rooster

Wings: rolled mallard flank

Notes:

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