Tag: Silver thread and pale blue floss Tail: Golden pheasant crest and a pair of jungle cock feathers, back to back . Body: Yellow, orange and fiery brown seal's fur in equal sections (dressed thin but well picked out) Rib: Flat silver tinsel and silver twist Hackle: Black heron's hackle (or blue-eared pheasant dyed black, or equivalent) from third turn of tinsel Throat: Teal Wing: A pair of brown turkey tail strips, with black bars and white tips, set flat. Cheek: Jungle cock, drooping as shown. Source: T.E. Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies. London: Adam and Charles Black.. |