FLY
Classic Salmon Fly
Silver Doctor
Tied by Brent Jones
Silver Doctor recipe
| Hook | AFI 3/0 Carlisle (Modified) , Silk Worm Gut for the Eye |
|---|---|
| Thread | Semperfli 30 Denier Nano Silk, White |
| Tip | Diamant 35m, Metallic Silver |
| Tag | Uni-Floss Br. Yellow |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant Crest |
| Tail Veiling | Light Blue Hen Tip |
| Butt | Wapsi Red Rabbit Fur Dubbing |
| Rib | Diamant 35m, Metallic Silver |
| Body | UTC Large Mylar Flat Tinsel, Silver |
| Collar | Light Blue Hen followed by Gallina (Guinea Foul) |
| Wing | Strips of Lt Blue & Yellow Goose Shoulder, Strips of Lady Amherst & Golden Pheasant Tail, Golden Pheasant Tippet Fibers, Strips of Bronze Mallard - Teal & Summer Duck |
| Head | Wapsi Red Rabbit Fur Dubbing, followed by Griffin Sheer Thread in black and finished with Solarez UV Resin |
What the Silver Doctor imitates
- Salmon / steelhead classic wet (floss, tinsel, hackle)
Where the Silver Doctor came from
- Described by Francis Francis. Early dressing: silver tinsel body, blue hackle, scarlet crewel butt and head; calls it a good standard fly.Source: Francis Francis, A Book on Angling (1867; later ed., archive.org bookonanglingbei00franiala), p.250
- Originated by James Wright, Sprouston, River Tweed. Kelson's heading credits Wright, adding that the inventor sometimes added chatterer to the tail; popular across UK, Norway and Canada. / Lists the Silver Doctor among James Wright's famous patterns.Source: Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), p.206 | Thunder and Lightning - Ahrex Hooks
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate B, No. 18. 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.
