Black Snipe

[tie2fish]

Fogg writes that Pritt referred to the Black Snipe as "... an old Yorkshire fly" which "... will kill well almost all the year round ...". Fogg also suggests that many know this pattern better as the Black and Peacock Spider, which generally is dressed with a larger profile and using hen hackle.

Hook: 16-14 (Daiichi 1640, #14)
Thread: Either brown or mulberry tying silk (Pearsall's Gossamer #17, brown)
Hackle: Snipe marginal covert
Body: Three strands of peacock herl twisted with thread before wrapping forward

[hankaye]

t2f, Howdy;

WOW, great lookin' lil' bugy fly...

hank

[willowhead]

[William Anderson]

Now this is the body those hooks were manufactured for. That works out so well. Great pic too, in getting that spectrum from the peacock. Cool tie in a very cool series.

w

[michaelgmcgraw]

Nifty !

[DNicolson]

Very neatly dressed Bill.
The version with black hen is a very popular still-water fly here,
but this version looks so much better.
Peacock herl dyed magenta is very nice on this fly.
It is sold in various colours, natural, black, green, orange and magenta.

[letumgo]

First rate fly, Bill!