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)