Lady Martha

Lady Martha

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)

Thread: claret silk (red if the head is dark lacquered)

Tag: flat gold tinsel

Tail: red quill slips

Body: Peacock herl

Hackle: black rooster saddle tied wet fly style

Wings: white quill slips

Notes:

Lady Martha: a trout fly featured in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury