Torrish
(Tied by Maxwell MacPherson, Jr.)
Tag: Silver tinsel and golden
yellow floss
Tail: Golden pheasant crest and
tippets
Butt: Black herl
Body: Rear third, oval silver tinsel
butted with black herl and veiled
above and below with indian crow.
Remainder, oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: Yellow hackle
Throat: Deep orange hackle
Wings: Black and white-tipped turkey;
followed by married strands of
teal, yellow, scarlet, and orange
swan, bustard, florican, and golden
pheasant tail; narrow strips of pintail
and barred summer duck; bronze mallard
over top
Cheeks: Jungle cock and indian crow
Topping: Golden pheasant crest
Horns: Blue and yellow macaw
Size of fly: 9/0
Modified from the dressing in Pryce-Tannatt (1914) How to Dress Salmon Flies
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