Daybreak
(Created and tied by Ken Sawada)
Tag: Fine oval silver tinsel and yellow floss
Tail: Golden pheasant crest, Indian crow, blue chatterer
Butt: Blue ostrich herl
Body: Rear half, medium blue silk ribbed with oval
gold tinsel, veiled above and below with toucan
and butted with blue herl; front half, medium blue
silk ribbed with embossed gold and oval silver tinsel
Hackle: Light blue over front half of fly only
Throat: Orange hackle and blue peacock breast
Wing: Married strips of greensih blue, yellow, greenish
blue, orange, greenish blue, orangish-red,
greenish blue, red, blue, red, lavender, red,
reddish purple, crimson, purple, crimson, and purple
dyed white florican bustard
Topping: Golden pheasant crest
Horns: Scarlet macaw
Cheek: Red parrot
Original 8/0 fly from: The Art of the Classic Atlantic Salmon Fly (1989)