Katydid
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)
Thread: claret silk (or red if the head is dark lacquered)
Tag: gold tinsel
Rib: gold tinsel
Tail: three dark feather barbs (Pheasant tail)
Body: green floss
Hackle: green parrot breast or covert
Abdomen: green parrot quill slips
Notes:
from the illustration and commentary in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
