Ray Bergman Collection – 198) La Belle

Ray Bergman Collection — By HatchesMagazine on April 20, 2012 10:20 am

Tag: None
Tail-tag: Scarlet wool
Ribbing: Silver tinsel
Body: Light blue floss
Hackle: Light blue
Wing: White

* The tail of the La Belle in the written recipes is actually correct as written above, the LaBelle has a scarlet wool tail-tag, rather than being erroneously written as a tip like some other flies. This follows J. Edson Leonard’s differentiation between tip, tag, tail, and tail-tag.