Hofland’s Fancy

Hofland’s Fancy

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #10 sproat

Thread: claret (or lacqued red silk)

Body Parts: tail, body, hackle, abdomen 

Materials: three brown hackle barbs, smooth red dubbing, brown webby rooster, wild turkey tail tip slips

Notes:

T. C Hofland’s favorite fly first published in the British Anglers’ Guide in 1839

Tied here from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury published in 1892

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