This is the original dressing from Mrs. Carmelle Bigouette, the expert fly
dresser from Matapedia, New Brunswick.
Head: Black
Tag: Oval silver tinsel or round silver wire
Tip: Orange silk floss
Tail: A Golden Pheasant crest feather, over which is an Idian Crow
feather of about half the size
Butt: Black Ostrich herl
Body: Embossed silver tinsel which is palmered with a yellow hackle
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel, wound over the hackle, if it is used
Wing: A small buch of pale brown bucktail, extending to the end of
the tail. The wing should be very pale. Sometimes it is
accomplished by mixing light brown and white bucktail. The
wings are tied low, close to the hook
Hackle: Two bright orange hackle tied on at the same time as a
collar, after the wing has been put on. About three turns of
both hackles should be made to make the collar fairly full.
The longest fibers extend to the point of the hook, and are
all tied back slightly.
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