 The Professor was named after the much-loved Professor John Wilson (Christopher North), and the story of the fly is, that one time, when this famous angler Was fishing, he ran short of flies, and, to create something of a flylike appearance, he fastened the petals of buttercups on his hook, adding bits of leaves or grass to imitate the wings of a fly.This arrangement was so successful that it led to the making of the fly with a yellow silk body, since then was widely known as the Professor
Professor.- A prime favorite; use it on almost all casts when I see more than one fly.