Tag: Silver tinsel
Tail: Golden pheasant crest and golden pheasant tippet strands
Body: Rear half light orange seal's fur; front half black floss
Rib: Oval silver tinsel over the orange seal's fur; flat silver tinsel and twist over floss
Hackle: Lemon hackle over the seal's fur, and black heron's hackle over the black floss
Throat: Teal
Wing: A pair of cinnamon turkey tail strips (set flat). White turkey tail strips are often used
(as shown above, in which case the pattern is known as the WHITE-WINGED AKROYD)
Cheek: Jungle cock (drooping, as shown).
Source: T.E. Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies. London: Adam and Charles Black..
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