Tag: Silver tinsel Tail: Golden pheasant crest and the tip of a golden pheasant's breast feather Body: In equal sections of: pale yellow, light blue, and scarlet seal's fur (or equivalent) Rib: Flat silver tinsel and twist Hackle: A grey heron's hackle (or equivalent such as blue-eared pheasant) from third turn of tinsel. Throat: Teal 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.. |