Alexandra wet fly pattern

One of my favourite fly patterns. Wet flies have been out of favour for some time now, but i truly enjoy tying and fishing these classics. It is also know by some texts as the Alexandria.


Alexandra
Hook: Wet style Hook (3399 or 3906B)
Thread: Black 8/0 (70 denier)
Tail: Peacock Sword (and or red hackle quill)
Tip: Dark Red Floss (optional)
Body: Silver flat tinsel
Rib: Round Silver tinsel (optional)
Hackle: Claret, Wine or Black (beard)
Wing: Peacock Sword (Optional dash [quill] of red on each side

Ray Bergman Wet Fly Plate #1

The group over at http://flyangler.ca/ has taken on a great project. The plan is to tie an entire set of the Bergman flies from the book Trout. To start out, the first task is to tie a single plate of 42 flies. If you want to join in the fun, take a look at the forum, and start tying. They are up to fly #21 so far and the results are great. Nice job, keep tying and breaking threads.