Thursday, September 5, 2024

Fern


Fern

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss body; Black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Pink floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Light slate

Don Bastian Note

* Bergman also lists the Marbury (Favorite Flies and Their Histories) dressing for the Fern as follows: silver tinsel tip and rib; white floss body, gray hackle and slate wing. The Marbury variation of the Fern is on Plate No. 10.

Trout - Ray Bergman

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