Laramie

Laramie

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: # 6 sproat (blind and snelled)

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

Tag: silver oval tinsel or wire

Rib: silver oval tinsel or wire

Tail: red tuft

Body: red floss

Hackle: black, long soft rooster

Wing: dark mallard flank, rolled

Notes:

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