Pearl (Tied by Maxwell MacPherson, Jr.)

Tag:       Gold twist
Tail:       Toucan, teal and blue chatterer
Butt:      Black herl
Body:     Rear half, embossed silver tinsel
             veiled  with indian crow and butted
             with black herl. Front half black
              floss ribbed with gold tinsel and black
              hackle
Throat:   Eurasian jay
Wings:    Golden pheasant tippet, teal and peacock
              wing in strands; golden pheasant tail, 
              Amherst pheasant, speckled bustard; swan
              dyed blue, yellow and red; bronze mallard
              over top
Cheeks:   Blue chatterer
Topping:  Golden pheasant crest
Horns:    Blue and yellow macaw

Size of fly: 5/0

Source: Kelson, G.M (1895) The Salmon Fly 

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