What fly pattern is this?

[BowLurker]

Hi folks,

I was pinching the barb on a few of my older salmon flies, and the point broke off this particular fly. Sigh...oh well, better on the bench instead of in a fish.

I cannot find my list, and I was wondering if anyone knew the name of this pattern? 

Maybe if I can source the proper modern materials, ( and a hook that isn't 40yrs old! ) I can re-tie some more.

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[SilverDoctor]

Easy, its an Alexandra wet fly. Lots of slight variations of this one depending on location. Tied a lot of these for shops in BC in the 60's and 70's,  named in honour of the Princess Alexandra.

Basic pattern

Typical sizes	6–10
Thread	Black 6/0 nylon
Tail	Red ibis, swan or goose wing feather (this one is blue and natural dunn)
Body	Yellow Dubbing (often tie it with a double tinsel body)
Wing	Six or more strands of peacock herl over red duck, swan or goose wing feather
Ribbing	Fine oval silver tinsel
Hackle	Black or brown tied wet
Head	Black thread

[BowLurker]

Thanks Doc...hmmm. I thought it might be, but the Alexandra wet flies I've tied had much more red, such as this.. the peacock tips are the same. Hmm. maybe the yellow/blue threw me off a bit.

[SilverDoctor]

There are a lot of regional variations of flies like this. Tied to focus on a particular area or lake. The one you show in the box was popular for Raibow trout in the mountain Lakes in the interior of BC.

[SilverDoctor]

Kind of like a super Doc Spratley.

[BowLurker]

Ahhh! That makes more sense now, with the small Mallard winglet. Cool.  Thank you.

[BrianR]

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