salmobytes 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2019 This is an old f ly probably never fished judging by the neatly married wings, even though there is some rust on the hook. Fly boxes sometimes get wet. This came from a fly box that hasn't been opened since the early 1990s. It's a handsome fly but I'm not good at classic flies (if indeed this is a classic). I don't know it's name but would like to. Maybe (maybe) it's a Black Gnat, even though it's tied on a size #14 hook. Does anybody know this fly's name? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2019 black gnat dry fly https://www.oldtrailsports.com/products/black-gnat-dry-fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1d92n-Ncw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaydub 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2019 Black Gnat. Size doesn't matter (or so I am told). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salmobytes 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2019 Got it. OK. I remember my cousin Jon caught a huge rainbow on a #10 mosquito once, which I thought was absurd. Until years later I realized names are meaningless. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjm 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2019 I thought #14 was the standard size for that pattern? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIER 0 Report post Posted July 19, 2019 That be a black tail black gnat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted July 20, 2019 And just to be nit-picking those are not married wings. Married wings are those from two different color feathers "married" and tied in as one. Those are simply a well tied upright wings from a single pair of feathers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Beatty 0 Report post Posted July 20, 2019 Al first ran across this fly in the late '70s in a Poul Jorgensen book (we think?, fading memory). It was originally tied as a quill-wing wet fly then eventually the wings were "reset" to redesign it into a dry fly. Usually the wings are tied out of duck quill (sometime goose) slips but that materials is far enough out-of-vogue that getting matched pairs is not as easy as it used to be. The same fly with blue-dun hackle point wings or Wonder Wings is equally effective and the wings are more durable than the quill slip version. Take care & ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites