Palmered Red Spinner – Dry Fly
The Palmered Red Spinner (or variant of the Macquarie Red) 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 Christensen 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