Quack Doctor

Quack Doctor

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)

Thread: red silk (or claret if head is not dark lacquered)

Tail: red slips

Rib: silver oval tinsel

Body: flat oval tinsel

Hackle: red tied wet style

Wings: wild turkey tail slips

Collar: black ostrich herl

Notes:

Quack Doctor: a classic wet fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury