Marston’s Fancy
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #8 sproat (blind and snelled)
Thread: claret silk (or red if head is dark lacquered)
Tag: flat gold tinsel
Tail: three black feather barbs
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: ginger tied wet style
Abdomen: light dun or gray quill slips
Notes:
Marston’s Fancy from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
