Salmon/Steelhead · Salmon · Steelhead · Advanced · 1 version
Classic Recipe
Hook up-eye salmon single, 1/0-4/0
Thread black 8/0
Materials
Tag Silver tinsel (small)
Tail Golden pheasant crest topping with two small jungle cock points back to back over (1)
Butt Black herl (2 turns)
Body Three equal sections: 1st and 3rd flat silver tinsel, centre black silk floss (3 sections)
Middle butt Black herl dividing the sections (1 turn)
Throat Gallina (guinea fowl) (1)
Wing Married strips of swan dyed yellow, red and blue; peacock wing, summer duck, grey mallard, dark mottled turkey, golden pheasant tail and a topping over (married)
Sides Jungle cock (1 per side)
Horns Blue macaw (1 per side)
Head Black ostrich herl (small)
How to tie it
Form a silver tag above the barb, tie in a golden pheasant crest tail with two small jungle cock points over, and wind a black herl butt.
Build the three-part body: flat silver tinsel for the rear third, black floss for the centre third, flat silver tinsel for the front third, separating the sections with a turn of black herl.
Wind a gallina throat hackle and stroke the speckled fibers down and back.
Marry the wing: strips of yellow, red and blue swan with peacock wing, summer duck, grey mallard, dark mottled turkey and golden pheasant tail, topped with a golden pheasant crest.