FLY
Salmon/ Steelhead Fly
Silver doctor (hair wing)
Tied by John Moore
Silver doctor (hair wing) recipe
| Hook | Partridge salar silver double hook |
|---|---|
| Thread | White UTC 70 den |
| Tag | Silver French oval tinsel |
| Tail | Natural golden pheasant crest/topping |
| Butt | Glo-bright number 4 red floss |
| Rib | Silver wire |
| Body | Silver flat tinsel |
| Wing | Yellow,red,blue arctic fox tail |
| Collar | Dyed teal blue hen neck |
| Front Hackle | Natural teal flank |
| Head | Finished with glo-brite number 4 floss |
What the Silver doctor (hair wing) imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate K, No. 72. 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.
