FLY
Classic Salmon Fly, Salmon Fly (Artistic)
Blue Boyne
Tied by Arthur Heffernan
Blue Boyne recipe
| Hook | Sz 6 low water salmon reworked to straighten eye to lengthen shank |
|---|---|
| Thread | 6/0 flymaster white and black |
| Tag | Silver twist |
| Body | 3 equal sections Silver oval veiled with king fisher above and below butted with ostrich |
| Butt | Ostrich |
| Tail | GP crest |
| Topping | 4 GP crests |
| Head | Ostrich |
What the Blue Boyne imitates
- Salmon / steelhead classic wet (floss, tinsel, hackle)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), Plate 7, No. 5. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
