Hofland’s Fancy
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #10 sproat
Thread: claret (or lacqued red silk)
Materials- tail: three brown hackle barbs body: smooth red dubbing hackle: brown webby rooster abdomen: 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