Muskrat Spider
Soft Hackle
Philip Armstrong of Dalton, Pennsylvania, popularized these flies in the mid-1920s.
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread: - Black
Body - Dubbed muskrat fur
Hackle - Mottled gray Hungarian partridge tied as a collar.
Other variations include a bleach cream, dyed olive, and dyed-black muskrat fur bodies. Still another has a dyed-brown muskrat fur body with a mottled brown Hungarian partridge hackle.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
