Heron the Great
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Fly: Trevor Nowak, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann
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Hook: |
bartleet salmon Size 3/0 |
| Thread: |
6/0 Uni – Silver Dr blue |
| Tag: |
oval silver |
| Tail: |
blue chatterer veiled over golden pheasant crest |
| Butt: |
blue ostrich herl |
| Rib: |
oval silver tinsel |
| Body: |
rear half – kingfisher blue seal’s fur; front half – dark blue seal’s fur |
| Body hackle: |
rear half – badger neck hackle dyed kingfisher blue; front half – heron or natural blue-eared pheasant or substitute |
| Throat: |
guinea dyed blue |
| Wing: |
two matched goose shoulder strips, white or dyed blue |
| Cheeks: |
jungle cock eyes |
| Head: |
tying thread painted with two coats of Cellire |
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