Hoskins
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #8 blind sproat with gut leader
Thread: silk, claret or red with dark lacquered head
Tail: Golden Pheasant crest
Body: yellow floss
Hackle: dun
Wings: hyaline and mottled
Notes:
From the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
The faux gut used here is waxed silk thread doubled, folded, twisted with a hackle spinner, and folded again so it twists against itself.
Old lacquer darkened the thread when applied on the head. Claret thread is used here as contemporary head cements dry clear.
Hyaline is not an ingredient by a quality and the term used by Mary in her book. It means clear or translucent. Pheasant wing feather slips were used in this example.
