Matt's Green Acres Created and tied by Matt Crompton Look for more of Matt's flies in our upcoming book, Forgotten Flies
Tail:          Iridescent black-green quill strip from touraco tail
Body:        Royal blue floss
Rib:           Flat silver tinsel
Belly:        Blue bucktail followed by white bucktail
Throat:      Fireback pheasant (iridescent blue-black)
Wing:        Several strands of peacock herl over which is a married wing of alternating strips of blue and green turkey (going 
                from primarily blue to primarily green, as shown) on top of which are married strips of orange turkey, argus 
                pheasant (one fiber each, then two fibers each) 
Shoulder:  Mottled brown hen
Cheek:      Jungle cock
Note:       Created and tied by Matt Crompton
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