Pearl
(Tied by Maxwell MacPherson, Jr.)
Tag: Gold twist
Tail: Toucan, teal and blue chatterer
Butt: Black herl
Body: Rear half, embossed silver tinsel
veiled with indian crow and butted
with black herl. Front half black
floss ribbed with gold tinsel and black
hackle
Throat: Eurasian jay
Wings: Golden pheasant tippet, teal and peacock
wing in strands; golden pheasant tail,
Amherst pheasant, speckled bustard; swan
dyed blue, yellow and red; bronze mallard
over top
Cheeks: Blue chatterer
Topping: Golden pheasant crest
Horns: Blue and yellow macaw
Size of fly: 5/0
Source: Kelson, G.M (1895) The Salmon Fly
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