Firebird
(Created and tied by Ken Sawada)
Tag: Fine oval silver tinsel and purple silk
Tail: Golden pheasant crest and married strips
of red swan, guinea fowl, red swan, guinea
fowl, and red swan
Butt: Dark blue ostrich herl
Body: Rear two-thirds claret silk ribbed with fine
oval gold tinsel; remainder, red parrot, tightly packed
Throat: Guinea fowl dyed purple (sparse) and guinea fowl
dyed red
Wing: Married strips of white florican bustard dyed purple,
Lady Amherst, and argus pheasant, repeated
Cheeks: Red parrot and purple chatterer
Topping: Golden pheasant crests, tripled
Horns: Scarlet macaw, doubled
Original 8/0 fly from:
The Art of the Classic Atlantic Salmon Fly (1989)