As Specified |
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| Hook: | Size 8 to 4, low-water salmon |
| Thread: | Black 6/0 |
| Tip, Tag, & Tail: | Fine oval gold tinsel followed by purple floss and purple hackle fibers |
| Rib: | Oval gold tinsel |
| Hackle: | Black from second turn of tinsel, one side stripped to maintain sparseness |
| Body: | Rear third of purple floss, reminder purple seal fur |
| Throat: | Teal or widgeon flank |
| Wing: | Bronze mallard |
Notes: Intended Use: Floating-line, wet fly for summer-run steelhead My earliest steelhead fly creation first dressed in 1982, this fly remains a staple floating-line pattern for summer- run steelhead, with successes on the Morice, Thompson, Dean, and Campbell rivers. |
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