Tail: Barred wood duck or mandarin
Body: Medium flat silver tinsel
Ribbing: Narrow oval silver tinsel
Throat: White bucktail under which is red swan or goose quill
Wing: Lavender bucktail
Topping: Five or six strands of peacock herl, as long as the wing
Cheeks: Jungle cock
Source: Bates, J. (1950, 1966, 1995) Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, p. 277; Leiser, E. (1987)
The Book of Fly Patterns, p. 215
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