Body: Medium embossed gold tinsel (Blades uses flat gold tinsel ribbed with gold)
Throat: The tip of a very short golden pheasant crest feather dyed red (Blades uses red hackle tips)
Wing: A very small bunch of fox squirrel tail hair over which are two honey badger hackles of the
same length as the squirrel tail hair
Cheeks: Jungle cock
Note: Created by Ray Bergman. Tied by Don Bastian.
Source: Bates, J. (1950, 1966, 1995) Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, p. 325;
Blades, W.F. (1951, 1962, 1979) Fishing Flies and Fly Tying, p.89
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