Detailed Material List Hook: Wet Fly #8 Hanák H230BL Comp Nymph Stillwater & Wet Medium Wire #8 Thread: UNI Black 8/0 Rib: Rayon Floss Red Body: Peacock Herl x2 Wing: Jungle Cock Body Feathers Paired Collar: Hen Neck Hackle Grizzly Stripped Side 2 Wraps
Francis Fly (from Francis Francis A Book on Angling, 1867) “The body is composed of copper-colored peacock's herl, ribbed distinctly with copper-red silk ; hackle, medium blue dun ; wings, two hackle-points of a grizzly blue dun cock's hackle (not a hen's), set well up. It is an excellent evening and night fly dressed on a No. 7 or 8 hook, owing to the lively and attractive play of the hackle-point wings.” Francis Francis (1822-1886). Kingsmill met an 80-year-old guide on Corrib who claimed to have fished FF.
Detailed Material List
Hook: Wet Fly #8
Hanák H230BL Comp Nymph Stillwater & Wet Medium Wire #8
Thread: UNI Black 8/0
Rib: Rayon Floss Red
Body: Peacock Herl x2
Wing: Jungle Cock Body Feathers Paired
Collar: Hen Neck Hackle Grizzly Stripped Side 2 Wraps
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I have never seen this fly before , what book did you find this in ? Great looking fly !
It was featured in a article in a magazine that was on Bergman patterns
Francis Fly (from Francis Francis A Book on Angling, 1867) “The body is composed of copper-colored peacock's herl, ribbed distinctly with copper-red silk ; hackle, medium blue dun ; wings, two hackle-points of a grizzly blue dun cock's hackle (not a hen's), set well up. It is an excellent evening and night fly dressed on a No. 7 or 8 hook, owing to the lively and attractive play of the hackle-point wings.”
Francis Francis (1822-1886). Kingsmill met an 80-year-old guide on Corrib who claimed to have fished FF.
Brent...who taught you this pattern? Did you read it from some book?
It was in a magazine article that was on the Bergman patterns