This fly, forerunner of the Bloody Butcher, Silver
Butcher and others, originally went by the name of
"Moon's Fly" and was original with Mr. John Jewhurst
of Tunbridge, Kent, England. The rechristening dating
about 1838, was by William Blacker, author of
Catechism of Fly Making, 1843.
Mr. Moon, a skillful angler was a butcher by trade.
As this fly was his favorite pattern it came to be
called by his trade name, butcher.
The dressing given in Fly Patterns and Their
Origins is:
The fly shown, from Forgotten Flies,
(as quite often happens) is not the same dressing. It
was tied by Don Bastian. His dressing for the Butcher is:
Tail: Scarlet.
Body: Scarlet floss.
Rib: Yellow silk.
Hackle: Badger.
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