Spirit Fly #12

Classic Salmon Fly

Tied By Rich LaMonte

Hook: Byron Bjerke, William Bartlett size 7/0

Thread: Veevus 12/0 Black

Materials-

body: Rear section; yellow Mohair wrapped in vintage gold oval tinsel with yellow rooster saddle. front section; puce silk floss ribbed with gold embossed tinsel, vintage silver twist and wine colored rooster saddle hackle. Theoat is yellow schlappin hackle

tail: Golden pheasant crest, veiled with amgold rump

butt: Black Ostrich Herl

tag: Vintage gold twist, blue silk followed by orange silk

wing: Scarlett Macaw shoulder (orange with blue green tips, sprigs of Argus Pheasant center tail, golden pheasant center tail, peacock wing, red macaw tail, blue and gold macaw tail

horns: Blue and Gold Macaw tail

head: Black Berlin Wool

Notes:

Note the tail veiling is supposed to be a tuft of GP spear. I felt the amgold rump was better suited. 

The throat is supposed to be yellow Macaw, I subbed in Schlappin since I did not have the macaw needed.  

You can find this pattern in William Blackers book “The Art of Fly Making and Dying of Colors”