need help deciphering a recipe

[Normand]

experienced tyers can you help

Body: lemon yellow floss with black ostrich shoulder

what the he!! does that mean??

[LadyFisher]

Normand, if you look through the patterns on some of the Atlantic flies we have with the instructions you will see how that works, check this out:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...cheap/ca78.php There are others as well, look for the word Shoulder in the instructions.
Hugs,
LF

[Normand]

thanks for the info but the body described above is for a dry fly

page 113, gray hackle special, perraults standard dictionary of fishing flies

i think its similar to tying a royal wullf

Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 18
Thread - black
Tail - natural brown bucktail
Butt - peacock herl
Body - Red Floss
Shoulder - peacock herl
Wings - white calf tail (or white calf body hair)
Hackle - dark brown hackle

[NJTroutbum]

Norm,

I would imagine that the Ostrich is Black herl. I have Olive, Dun & White....and have seen black before. The floss may be lemon yellow (brand specific). I bet yellow uni-floss wold fit the bill. Or even yellow flat-waxed. Which is closer to the older yellow floss colors.

Looks like a pretty neat pattern:^)

[Wes]

shoulder is the front peacock herl part of a royal coachman.

[Uncle Jesse]

I'm not the most experience guy in the world but the order of the description would seem to place the shoulder under the wing (between the wing and the body) If you noticed the guinea feather shoulder on the salmon fly, it was under the wing.

[Normand]

1. not a wet fly

2. the recipe is for a dry fly

3. i know what the materials are and have them in stock

heres a photo