Amherst Pheasant Spey

Amherst Pheasant Spey

contributed by Sandy McKinlay

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Materials

HookPartridge Barleet Salmon, Size: #1 to #2/0
TagSilver Doctor Blue Floss over flat silver (optional)
Tag RibLagartun Small Silver French Tinsel
TailBlue Lady Amherst Pheasant
ButtBlack Ostrich
RibLagartun Medium Silver French Tinsel
BodyBack: Black Floss Front: Blue Seal Fur
HackleHeron / Blue Pheasant - Natural or Blue
Under WingBlue Lady Amherst Pheasant
Over WingBlack Golden Pheasant
ThroatSilver Doctor Blue Teal
CheeksJungle Cock

Notes

Sandy McKinlay describes this Spey-style fly as a deadly combination of heron and Amherst pheasant, and plans to test it on club fish outs in spring. It is tied on a salmon hook with a long heron or blue pheasant hackle and layered Amherst pheasant and golden pheasant wings, suited to swinging through steelhead water.

Published in February 2017 (Vol 50 No 2), page 11.