Queen of the Water
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)
Thread: red silk (or claret if head is not dark lacquered)
Rib: gold oval tinsel
Body hackle: short ginger, palmered
Body: orange floss
Hackle: ginger rooster saddle, tied wet style
Wing: rolled mallard flank
Notes:
Queen of the Water: from Famous Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
