Brittannia

Description

Paul Schmookler shows this hook in the Brittainia fly (antique) on page 67 of his book “Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials: A Natural History, Volume 1.”

The fly has a great name so I elected to apply it to the hook also.

My best guess, because of its classic lines, is that the hook pattern may have origins from O’Shaughnesey, circa pre-1820.