Red Spider

The Red Spider belongs to the family of "North Country Spiders" - ancient British wet-fly patterns from the Yorkshire Dales, first recorded in an 1807 manuscript by farmer John Swarbrick. These patterns only became widely known in 1886, through T. E. Pritt's influential book "Yorkshire Trout Flies". Characteristic is the soft, mobile hackle feather from a game bird, which mimics the movement of aquatic insects in the water.

The Red Spider is classically fished wet, across the current, with a natural drift - its minimalist tying style imitates drowned or rising insects and remains a proven choice for trout and grayling on northern English rivers to this day.

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