The Major
Classic Salmon Fly
Tied By Rich LaMonte
Hook: Byron Bjerke, William Bartlett size 7/0
Thread: Veevus 12/0 Black
Tip: Veevus silver Small oval tinsel
Tag: Red Japanese silk
Tail: Golden Pheasant crest
Rib: Lagartun flat silver tinsel, gold twist made from veevus medium oval gold tinsel
Body: Blue seals fur,, followed by orange seals fur, then claret seals fur then dark blue seals fur
Hackle: Claret cock saddle hackle
Throat: Kori bustard
Underwing: Golden Pheasant tippet
Wing: ClRet cock hackle, married sections of argus center tail and kori bustard, and the underwimg of a snipe
Topping: 2 golden pheasant crests
Collar: Yellow schlappin hackle
Head: Black ostrich herl
Cheeks: Kingfisher
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