Torrish (Tied by Maxwell MacPherson, Jr.)

Tag:       Silver tinsel and golden
             yellow floss
Tail:       Golden pheasant crest and
             tippets
Butt:      Black herl
Body:     Rear third, oval silver tinsel
             butted with black herl and veiled
             above and below with indian crow. 
             Remainder, oval silver tinsel.
Hackle:  Yellow hackle
Throat:   Deep orange hackle
Wings:    Black and white-tipped turkey;
             followed by  married strands of 
             teal, yellow, scarlet, and orange
             swan, bustard, florican, and golden
             pheasant tail; narrow strips of pintail
               and barred summer duck; bronze mallard
               over top
Cheeks:   Jungle cock and indian crow
Topping:  Golden pheasant crest
Horns:    Blue and yellow macaw

Size of fly: 9/0

Modified from the dressing in Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies

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