Spirit Fly #12
Classic Salmon Fly
Tied By Rich LaMonte
Hook: Byron Bjerke, William Bartlett size 7/0
Thread: Veevus 12/0 Black
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”