Hardy's Favorite
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Red floss
Tail - Orange hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs mixed
Ribbing - Twisted red floss
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over the body
Adapted from an old English wet fly tied by J. J. Hardy of Hardy Brothers, Alnwick, England. It is believed that this adaptation took place in the 1920s.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
