Orange Dun

Orange Dun

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)

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

Tag: gold tinsel

Body: red orange floss

Body hackle: thorax only, undersized ginger

Hackle: ginger, long flexible rooster tied wet style

Wings: light mottled quill slips

Notes:

Orange Dun: a classic trout fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury