Quack Doctor: a classic wet fly from Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

Hook: #6 sproat (blind and snelled) Thread: red silk (or claret if head is not dark lacquered) Tail: red slips Rib: silver oval tinsel Body: silver flat tinsel Hackle: red, long soft rooster saddle tied wet style Wings: wild turkey tail slips Collar: black ostrich herl