SIR RICHARD
Tag: Silver thread and dark orange floss
Tail: A topping and indian crow
Butt: Black herl
Body: Black floss
Ribs: Flat silver tinsel and twist
Hackle: A black hackle (black heron in the
larger sizes)
Throat: Speckled gallina
Wings: Mixed -- "married" strands of scarlet,
orange, and blue swan, bustard, florican,
mottled grey turkey tail, and golden
pheasant tail; a short strip of speckled
gallina over wing
Cheeks: Blue chatterer; a topping over all
Horns: Blue and yellow macaw.
Tied by William Hrinko
Reference: Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies.
London: Adam and Charles Black