FLY
Classic Salmon Fly
Poynder or Captain
Tied by Arthur Heffernan
Poynder or Captain recipe
| Hook | Reworked 1/0 mustad 3366 |
|---|---|
| Thread | 6/0 flymaster black and white |
| Tip | XS Lagartun round silver |
| Tag | Light blue silk |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant crest and Kingfisher |
| Body | 2 turns orange silk; orange, dark orange, claret, dark blue seal |
| Rib | LG Lagartun oval |
| Hackle | Red claret badger from orange silk |
| Throat | Blue and Guinea Fowl |
| Wing | Pintail, teal, gallina, peacock wing, Amherst pheasant, bustard, and golden pheasant tail, swan dyed light orange, dark orange, dark claret, and dark blue; two strips of mallard |
| Sides | Jungle Cock |
| Cheeks | Kingfisher |
| Horns | Blue and gold Macaw |
| Topping | GP crest |
About this fly
I would tie this on a longer hook in future
What the Poynder or Captain 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.
