Fly Fishing Flies - Palmered Red Spinner

Tasmanian Trout Flies - Palmered Red Spinner

Palmered Red Spinner
(or variant of the Macquarie Red)

This fly shows up well in the water as a good attracter when the Red Spinner are in numbers on the wing. This fly was made famous by Max Christennsen on the Macquarie Red Spinner (Atalophlebia Australis).

Hook: size 12
Tail: ginger fibres from the longer, broader hackles of the cape
Body: red seals fur
Thorax: black silk
Hackle: palmered ginger tied through, stout ginger at front

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Fly fishing Tasmania - fly fishing flies - the Palmered Red Spinner. Trout Territory supplies all trout fishing flies on every guided trout fly fishing tour.

Fly Fishing Flies - Palmered Red Spinner

Palmered Red Spinner (or variant of the Macquarie Red)

Palmered Red Spinner
(or variant of the Macquarie Red)