Tag: Silver tinsel
Tail: Golden pheasant crest and the tip of a golden pheasant's breast feather
Body: Light orange, deep orange, scarlet, and pale blue seal's fur (or equivalent) in equal sections.
Dressed thin but well picked out
Rib: Flat silver tinsel and silver twist
Hackle: An eagle's hackle (one side stripped) from third turn of tinsel. Since eagles are highly protected
and cannot be used, an alternative material such as turkey marabou is highly recommended.
Throat: Widgeon
Wing: Light mottled grey turkey tail strips, set flat.
Source: T.E. Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies. London: Adam and Charles Black..
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