A Tom Ivens' British stillwater pattern from the 70's. Original fly was tied with a body of gold foil from a milk bottle known as a gold top; at that time the Jersey cows were the ones milked to give the best full cream milk, hence the name Jersey Herd.

hook - Mustad 79580 #6
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - small wire copper
underbody - Uni-stretch orange
body - mylar tinsel copper
tail/shellback/head - peacock herl
hackle - hen brown


Part 1

mash barb, start underbody, tie in rib, wrap to bend




create tapered underbody; start thread, tie off/trim Uni-stretch, tie in tinsel






wrap to bend, and back; tie off/trim






measure (shank length past bend) some peacock herl




hold fibers against the body and start wire rib forward (original pattern had peacock tied in at tail and head with no rib for protection - too fragile so rib was added); pull herl butts back, helicopter end of wire, cover with thread