Name
Newspaper
Type
Wet
Author
Dr Paul Davis
Inspiration
Name comes from the fact that the fly is black, white and red (read) all over.
Date concieved
February 2008
Hook
Size 12 Wet Fly hook
Thread
Black (e.g. Uni-Thread 8/0 Black)
Weighting
None
Tail
Few fibres from a Lady Amherst Pheasant tippet feather.
Body
White Floss.
Rib
Fine red wire (e.g. Uni Soft Wire size #33 Small)
Thorax
N/A
Legs
N/A
Wings
Black and white goose wing feather fibres, married to produce a single wing and then a pair of these wings are tied in wet style wing.
Eyes
none
Hackle
Throat hackle of a few scarlet macaw tail fibres.
Tying instructions
Make sure you marry the wing fibres very well before tying them in, try not to use too much spit (the fly tyers universal glue) as this can damage the feather and prevent it from marrying properly. Also, get the best quality goose feathers you can – if the tips are damaged, even slightly, the wings will split at the ends (as these have done in this example).
Fishing Instructions
DON’T BOTHER! This is only for admiring and practising the art of married wings on!
Interesting facts
You can cheat by using feather-weld glue but this does make the wings shiny & plastic looking and easy to spot that you have cheated.
Variants