FLY
Classic Salmon Fly, Salmon Fly (Artistic)
Gordon (Hale)
Tied by Arthur Heffernan
Gordon (Hale) recipe
| Hook | 3/0 blind Eye H-B by Connor McCracken |
|---|---|
| Thread | 6/0 flymaster white and black |
| 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 |
What the Gordon (Hale) imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), Plate 6, No. 1. 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.
