Silver Betsy Atlantic Salmon Fly Pattern

[hap]

Does anyone have a good picture of this pattern? I remember it a little but the only reference I find for it is in Terry Hellekson's "Fish Flies" but I do not have a copy of it...

Thanks
art

[mahanvey]

I have never heard of the Silver Betsy... only the Silver Doctor... here is a picture of it!

http://www.perfectflystore.com/silverdoctorinfo.html

[Allan]

Does anyone have a good picture of this pattern? I remember it a little but the only reference I find for it is in Terry Hellekson's "Fish Flies" but I do not have a copy of it...

Thanks
art

hap,

I just looked it up in the Terry H. book. He says it's the same as the 'Silver Abby' and gives the recipe but no picture.

[hap]

Thank you very much! Could I bother you to post the recipe, also, please? I should have been less specific in that I have nothing at this point!

[Allan]

Thank you very much! Could I bother you to post the recipe, also, please? I should have been less specific in that I have nothing at this point!

hap,

This is exactly as it appears in the book by T.H.(pg 590). Sounds like a reasonably easy fly to tie.

Silver Betsy
Hooks: TMC7999 or DAI2441, sizes 4-10.
Thread: Black.
Tip: Oval silver tinsel.
Tail: Scarlet red hackle barbs.
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel.
Body: Flat silver tinsel.
Wing: Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body.
Hackle: Grizzly tied as a collar and tied back and down.
Head: Black.
Also known as Silver Abbey

Allan

[ducksterman]

Ronn Lucas has a picture of a fly called ...Abby"...may be related.

http://flyanglersonline.com/flytying...lities/foster/

[Uncle Jesse]

I found another Abbey pattern: http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hat...lection-abbey/