FLY
Salmon Fly, Salmon Fly (Artistic)
Gitana
Tied by Arthur Heffernan
Gitana recipe
| Hook | Reworked Mustad 3366 |
|---|---|
| Thread | 6/0 Danville Flymaster white and black |
| Tip | Gold Twist |
| Tag | Red floss |
| Tail | 2 toppings veiled with Jungle Cock and KingFisher |
| Butt | Black Ostrich |
| Body | 1/3 Silver Tinsel, veiled with Indian Crow(sub), butted with ostrich, rest black floss, gold twist, silver tinsel and black hackle |
| Throat | Green Macaw |
| Wing | Dark blue Macaw, Jungle Cock, 5 tippets, Enamelled Thrush(sub) and 3-4 toppings |
| Horns | Red Macaw |
About this fly
Be sure to select as thin a feather you can find for the Macaw and try to find some GP tippet with more of a curve. Be prepared to spend several hours on this one
What the Gitana imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
