Tag: Gold thread and crimson floss Tail: Golden pheasant crest and golden pheasant tippet in strands Body: Yellow, green and dark blue seal's fur (or equivalent) in equal sections (dressed thin but well picked out) Rib: Flat silver tinsel and silver twist Hackle: Pale orange hackle Throat: Black heron's hackle (or blue-eared pheasant dyed black, or equivalent) Wing: Cinnamon turkey tail strips, set flat Cheek: Jungle cock, drooping as shown. Source: T.E. Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies. London: Adam and Charles Black.. |