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

Body Parts: tip, tag, tail, body, rib, body hackle, throat, wing, topping, cheeks, head 

Materials: Silver twist, Yellow floss, Golden pheasant crest and teal, Large silver timsel(lagartun), Large silver twist(lagartun), Badger, Teal, 4 each Jungle Cock and Lady Amherst pheasant, Golden pheasant, Kingfisher, Ostrich herl

Notes:

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