Lady Amherst

Lady Amherst

Classic Salmon Fly, Salmon Fly (Artistic)

Tied By Arthur Heffernan

Hook: 3/0 blind eye reworked from Mustad 3366

Thread: Dannville Flymaster 3/0 white and black

Materials- tip: Silver twist tag: Yellow floss tail: Golden pheasant crest and teal body: Large silver timsel(lagartun) rib: Large silver twist(lagartun) body hackle: Badger throat: Teal wing: 4 each Jungle Cock and Lady Amherst pheasant topping: Golden pheasant cheeks: Kingfisher head: Ostrich herl

Notes:

Created to fish Altantic Salmon in Quebec Canada in 1925, still fished to this day.