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The Alexandra
Tied by Per Hansen

Name	The Alexandra
Category	General
Hook	A very long Partridge streamer hook
Tail	Red Calf
Body	Medium flat silver tinsel
Rib	Medium oval silver tinsel
Wing	Peacock sword feather
Throat	Red Calf
Front Hackle	Red Metz soft hackle
Head	Black

The Alexandra was tied by Danish fly tyer, Per Hansen. You can see more of his flies at The Flies of Per Hansen.

Per's Notes: The Alexandra fly is a pattern I saw in a magazine FlugFiske i Norden. The text means: "There are flies to catch fish and there are flies to catch fishermen".