Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Muskrat Spider

Muskrat Spider

Soft Hackle

Philip Armstrong of Dalton, Pennsylvania, popularized these flies in the mid-1920s.

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread: - Black

Body - Dubbed muskrat fur

Hackle - Mottled gray Hungarian partridge tied as a collar. 

Other variations include a bleach cream, dyed olive, and dyed-black muskrat fur bodies. Still another has a dyed-brown muskrat fur body with a mottled brown Hungarian partridge hackle.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

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