Gordon (Hale)

Classic Salmon Fly, Salmon Fly (Artistic)

Tied By Arthur Heffernan

Hook: 3/0 blind Eye H-B by Connor McCracken

Thread: 6/0 flymaster white and black

Materials-

tip: Silver Twist

tag: Orange silk

tail: GP crest and Indian Crow(sub)

body: Four turns medium orange floss, remainder medium claret floss.

rib: Silver tinsel and twist.

wing: Two tippets back to back, reaching to the butt, with red spear feather between and projecting beyond them. These are covered on the sides with strips of bustard, golden pheasant tail, peacock wing, mallard, and strands of swan dyed blue, red, and yellow, and peacock herl; topping over.

throat: Greeny blue hackle

body hackle: Claret

horns: Blue and Gold Macaw

sides: Jungle cock

Notes:

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