Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #2 – 4 sproat (blind and snelled)
Thread: claret silk (or red if the head is dark lacquered)
Tag: gold flat tinsel
Tail: barred wood duck
Rib: gold oval tinsel (or gold wire)
Body: red floss
Hackle: furnace soft long rooster
Wings: shank length Jungle Cock nail feathers
Notes:
from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
