Tying A North Country Spider - The Dark Snipe & Purple

Learn how to tie the classic North Country Spider patterns with the original vintage materials. This dressing is the famous Dark Snipe & Purple, now more commonly known as the Snipe & Purple spider. This classic wet fly patterns is found in many north country flyfishing publications, including T.E. Pritt's classic book "North Country Flies" first published as "Yorkshire Trout Flies" in 1885. For more information on dressing and fishing this and other classic north country wet fly patterns visit