Imbrie

Imbrie

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)

Thread: claret silk (red silk with dark lacquered head)

Body Parts: tag, abdomen, butt, rib, body, hackle, wings, shoulder 

Materials: flat gold tinsel, Golden Pheasant crest barbs, black chenille, gold oval tinsel or gold wire, yellow floss, soft long brown rooster, gray quill, Jungle Cock nails

Notes:

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

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