Gardener

 

Tied by William Hrinko

 

 

Tag:      Gold thread and crimson floss

Tail:      Golden pheasant crest and golden pheasant tippet in strands

Body:    Yellow, green and dark blue seal's fur (or equivalent) in equal sections (dressed thin but well picked out)

Rib:       Flat silver tinsel and silver twist

Hackle:  Pale orange hackle

Throat:   Black heron's hackle (or blue-eared pheasant dyed black, or equivalent)

Wing:     Cinnamon turkey tail strips, set flat

Cheek:    Jungle cock, drooping as shown.

Source:   T.E. Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies. London: Adam and Charles Black..