FLY
Classic Salmon Fly
Unknown Vintage
Tied by Rich LaMonte
Unknown Vintage recipe
| Hook | Byron Bjerke Harrison Bartleet 4/0 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Semperfli |
| Tip | Small oval silver tinsel (veevus) |
| Tag | Yellow silk floss (lagartun) |
| Tail | Golden pheasant crest veiled by teal and red goose shoulder |
| Butt | Bkack Ostrich Herl |
| Body | 5 equil sections of alternating light blue and yellow floss. |
| Rib | Silver twist |
| Hackle | Light claret rooster saddle |
| Throat | 2 turns yellow rooster saddle floowed by 2 turns speckled guinea |
| Underwing | Golden pheasant tippets with 2 strips of peacock herl on each side. |
| Wing | Mixed fibers, yellow, red, Ltd blue goose shoulder, kori bustard and golden pheasant tail |
| Tag | Yellow silk floss |
| Sides | Teal flank and a jungle cock eye |
| Cheeks | Kingfisher |
| Topping | Golden pheasant crest |
| Head | Celire clear; let dry. Then cobblers wax to shape head, then celire black |
What the Unknown Vintage imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Tied for: Salmon (general)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
