Tag: Silver tinsel Tail: Golden pheasant crest and Indian crow Body: Two-fifths, lemon floss; remainder, black floss Rib: Flat silver tinsel and silver twist Hackle: A grey heron's hackle (or equivalent such as blue-eared pheasant) from third turn of tinsel. Throat: Widgeon Wing: Cinnamon or white turkey tail strips, set flat Source: T.E. Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies. London: Adam and Charles Black.. |