Ray Bergman Collection – 151) Greenwell’s Glory

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1. Crackaig says:

   September 2, 2012 at 6:34 pm

   Though that is a beautiful fly its not a Greenwell’s Glory!
   The original dressing for the Greenwell’s Glory is
   Thread: Primrose silk waxed with cobblers wax to give a pale olive.
   Wing: From the wing of a hen blackbird
   Hackle: Coch-y-bonddu hen. (Red brown with black centre and tips)
   That was the dressing given by Courtney Williams in his Dictionary of Trout Flies. He had a letter in his possession from the Cannon Greenwell, in his own hand, which gave that dressing for his fly.

   The original wing was tied posted vertical using a bunch of Hen Blackbird wing fibres. Very dark, almost black, brown fibres. There was no rib, and the body was formed from the tying thread.

   I don’t mean to be touchy but the Greenwell’s Glory is the most famous British trout fly ever.

   Cheers,
   C.

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