Gordon

Gordon

Classic Salmon Fly, Salmon Fly, Salmon Fly (Artistic)

Tied By Arthur Heffernan

Hook: Reworked 3/0 Mustad 3366

Thread: Black and White Daneville Flymaster6/0

Materials-

tip: Silver twist

tag: Light orange silk

tail: Topping and Indian Crow(sub)

butt: Black Ostrich Herl

body: 4 turns Light orange rest light claret

throat: Greenish blue cock hackle

wing: Two tippets back to back, reaching to the butt, with red spear feather between and projecting beyond them. These are covered Digitized DRESSINGS OF SALMON FLIES. 107 on the sides with strips of bustard, golden pheasant tail, peacock wing, mallard, and strands of swan dyed blue, red, and yellow, and peacock herl; topping over.

cheeks: Jungle cock

horns: Blue and Gold Macaw

Notes:

Tied this as a married wing in place of a strip wing

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