FLY
Classic Salmon Fly
The Dawson
Tied by Rich LaMonte
The Dawson recipe
| Hook | Byron Bjerke Harrison Bartleet 4/0 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 white |
| Tip | Small oval silver tinsel (veevus) |
| Tag | Yellow silk floss (kyoto) |
| Tail | Golden pheasant crest veiled by kingfisher |
| Butt | Black Ostrich herl |
| Rib | Medium silver oval tinsel(veevus) |
| Body | 2 equil segments made of flat silver tinsel(lagartun) bisector by a butt of black Ostrich herl and each veiled above and below by Indian crow sub (David Kerr) |
| Throat | Kingfisher blue saddle hackle (feathersmc) |
| Underwing | Light mottled turkey tail |
| Wing | Yellow red and blue turkey, dark mottled turkey and golden pheasant tail |
| Sides | Teal and gray mallard flank married |
| Overwing | "Roof" bronze mallard |
| Topping | Golden pheasant crest |
| Horns | Blue and gold macaw tail |
| Head | Black Ostrich herl |
About this fly
This is from Kelsons book The Salmon Fly. A nice and rather simple fly in its construction. The veiling present the most challenge.
What the The Dawson imitates
- Salmon / steelhead classic wet (floss, tinsel, hackle)
Tied for: Atlantic Salmon, Salmon (general)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), Plate 3, No. 3. 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.
