March Brown Spider
Spiders
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #12 – 16 fine wire (or as desired)
Thread: yellow silk
Materials-
body: dirty yellow silk, waxed and well ribbed
rib: straw silk, waxed
hackle: brown partridge back
Notes:
using the recipe in The English Lake District Fisheries edited by Maxwell & Aflalo
In general spider bodies are short (1/2 to 2/3 shank length) and slim, and the hackle is generally sparse.