The Professor

SUBMITTED BY: Vicki Green


Fly Tied and Photo taken by Vicki Green

John Wilson of Edinburgh, Scotland created this wet fly in 1830. The Professor was deigned for trout but was also used for bass and Atlantic salmon.

 

 Hook

 Mustad 3906 6-12

 Thread

 Black

 Tail

 Red hackle fibres

 Ribbing

 Medium flat gold tinsel

 Body

 Yellow silk floss

 Hackle/Wing

 Brown hackle for the throat and bronze mallard fibres for the wing

 

TYING NOTES:

1. Set fly in vice, fix black thread to the bend in the hook and tie in red hackle fibres.

2. Tie yellow floss and medium gold tinsel at the bend. Wrap the floss forward and tie off.

3. Wrap the gold tinsel forward and tie off. Select and tie in brown hackle for the throat.

4. Tie in bronze mallard fibres for the wing. Build a head with the black thread and tie off.