Materials
| Hook | Salmon ~ Mustad 36890, Tiemco 7999 or Partridge M ~ Size #2 - #10 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Black |
| Tag | Flat Silver Tinsel |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant Crest |
| Butt | Fluorescent Green Floss |
| Rib | Flat Silver Tinsel |
| Body | Black Floss |
| Throat | Black Saddle Hackle |
| Wing | Black Bear or substitute (Great Dane tail, in the author's case) |
Notes
A classic Atlantic salmon fly tied on a salmon hook and fished on the Miramichi in New Brunswick, where the author caught his first Atlantic salmon. Its black body, black bear wing and fluorescent green butt suit cold, high-water salmon rivers, presented on a swing across likely lies.
Published in October 2014 (Vol 47 No 8), page 11.