Tail: Two sections of a barred wood duck feather (Blades variation omits tail)
Body: Medium flat silver tinsel
Wing: Two French blue saddle hackles with a rich yellow saddle hackle on each side
Cheeks: Jungle cock (Blades variation omits cheek)
Collar: A few turns of a magenta saddle hackle with a few turns of a French blue saddle hackle ahead of this
Note: In addition to the sources cited on the main gallery page, this fly is also in Blades, W.F. (1951) Fishing
Flies and Fly Tying, p.89
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