The Major Pitcher, a classic wet fly
Finally got my fly tying bench setup at the new place. This is a pattern I saw on an old issue of Fly Tyer that I always wanted to try tying. The original is a wet fly, tied on a shorter shank hook like the Mustad 3906B, for the fly below I used a size 6 Mustad salmon hook:
Hook: Mustad, salmon, size 6
Thread: white, to tie most of the fly; black to finish the head
Tag: oval gold tinsel, small
Tail: woodduck fibers
Body: back half, yellow floss; front half, red floss
Body Hackle: furnace hen
Throat: furnace hen
Wing: white goose quill with a thin strip of blue qu
I like to tie my throats as a collar and then pull them down, to me, it looks better.
Alberto
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