Imbrie: a classic wet trout fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

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Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled)
Thread: claret silk (or red with dark lacquered head)
Tag: flat gold tinsel
Tail: Golden Pheasant crest barbs
Butt: black chenille
Rib: gold oval tinsel or gold wire
Body: yellow floss
Hackle: soft long brown rooster
Wings: gray quill
Shoulders: Jungle Cock nails

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