Treasure of Indies
(Created and tied by Ken Sawada)
Tag: Fine oval silver tinsel and purple silk
Tail: Golden pheasant crest and blue chatterer
Butt: Blue ostrich herl
Body: Two turns pale lavender silk followed by
blue seal fur and purple seal fur, well picked
out after ribbing applied
Ribbing: Oval silver and oval gold tinsel
Hackle: Blue
Throat: Guinea fowl dyed crimson
Wing: Thin strips of blue and gold macaw, and
scarlet macaw; Peacock herl; married strips
of pale lavender and purple dyed white florican
(repeated three timese), and married strips
of purple and crimson dyed white florican
(repeated three times)
Topping: Golden pheasant crest
Sides: Jungle cock dyed crimson
Cheeks: Peacock breast and jungle cock dyed crimson
Horns: Lady Amherst crest, short
Original 8/0 fly from:
The Art of the Classic Atlantic Salmon Fly (1989)