Bergman’s Ibis and White

This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Ray Bergman’s Ibis and White.

Bergman’s Ibis and White is a wet fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 64, Plate No. 4.

As I’ve mentioned many times, I enjoy highlighting a Bergman wet fly because it forces me to sit down and tie these elegant flies. I had a recent order for the Babcock and Irish Turkey and decided to tie a couple more Bergman wet flies. The Ibis and White allowed me the opportunity to try some married wings.

Bergman was well known for his wet flies, but his book also lists dry flies, streamers, nymphs, steel head and land locked salmon flies.

If you are a regular at RiverKeeper Flies, you recall Bergman’s book includes colored plates to illustrate the dry and wet flies with a description of each fly in the back. It was the first book to provide color fly illustrations.

I’ve featured several Ray Bergman flies as a Throw Back Thursday Fly. If you’d like to see more, click on the Ray Bergman Flies Catagory on the right-hand panel. HERE

The Ibis and White

Tied on a TMC 3906B, size 10 hook. Order of materials listed are from Ray Bergman’s book, Trout.

Enjoy…go fish!