Mouche de pêche L'Andelle soft hackle wet fly. Hook: Maruto 103BL Tail: 3 pheasant tail fibers Body: barred pintail flank feather, pulled back
Mouche de pêche L'Andelle soft hackle wet fly. Tied by Martin Battilana Hook: Maruto 103BL Tail: 3 pheasant tail fibers Body: barred pintail flank feather, pulled back over red lamb's wool Hackle: dyed yellow French partridge banded flank feather Head: olive thread The Andelle is a heavily dressed soft hackle fly, named after the the Andelle River, in Normandy. It was designed to imitate an emerging mayfly nymph in, or just below the surface film. The fly was developed in the mid-1940s on Norman trout streams. The fly is closely related to, and developed around the same time as the Levrière.
Size: 4000px × 3225px
Location: Troy, Montana
Photo credit: © Martin Battilana Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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