Lake Green
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: # 6 sproat (blind and snelled)
Thread: claret silk (red silk if head is dark lacquered)
Tag: gold tinsel
Rib: green floss
Body: yellow floss
Hackle: brown, fine long barbs tilted back
Wing: mallard flank
Notes:
Lake Green: a trout fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
The Orvis tiers used red silk but coated the head with a dark lacquer which changed the thread color to more of a claret
