Palmered Soldier

Palmered Soldier

Dry Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: # 10 – 18 dry

Thread: red

Materials-

body: red wool

body hackle: brown dry fly, palmered

front hackle: brown dry fly, 1.5 hook gap

Notes:

Palmered Soldier – from Mary Orvis Marbury’s Favorite Flies as illustrated by Charles Orvis

Lay down a base of red thread
Tie in a dry fly hackle feather above the barb by the tip, shiny side out, should be short fibers
Tie in a strand of fine red wool yarn to the hook bend (or dub a fine red wool body); touching wraps forward to two eye lengths behind eye, tie in and clip extra
Palmer the body hackle in spiral wraps over the body; tie in, clip extra
Tie in a brown hackle, fibers 1.5 hook gap, shiny side facing out, two eye lengths behind eye; wrap front hackle, tie off, clip extra
Wrap a red thread head; whip finish; head cement

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