I tied these two patterns, 1/2 dozen of each for a fly shop – customer – where I have previously taught fly tying classes. They were sold to Fishing Creek Angler in Benton, Pennsylvania. The shop owner told me they are for a customer in Scotland Yard. The hooks are Mustad 3399 size #8. The dressing for the Lady Gray normally calls for a tail of barred wood duck, but the customer specified yellow.
Daily Archives: June 26, 2010
Size #14 wet flies
These are some smallish wet flies I recently tied up. They are dressed on Mustad size #14 3399 Sproat Bend hooks. I made every effort to maintain the details of the recipes. I have never actually tied up these patterns in this small size before. The heads on these flies are a bit large for the hook and fly size proportions, but the overall length of the fly is about 1/2″. The married tails consist of two barbs, and the wing stripes on the Colonel Fuller and the Trout Fin also consist of two barbs.