Freestyle Fly Tying Contest

Vote for your favorite fly in this Contest for Readers Choice! Click HERE to send your vote to Ronn Lucas, Sr. (rlucas@cybcon.com). Please put Contest in the Subject line, and give the name of the fly. One vote per person please. Cut-off date for Voting is May 15, 2005.

BEARD PEACOCK

Beard Peacock
by Junji Ichimura, Naracity Nara, Japan

    Tag:  Gold tinsel and violet floss.

    Tail:  Golden pheasant crest and Kingfisher.

    Butt:  Peacock sword.

    Body:  2/3 Gold oval tinsel veiled with golden pheasant small flat crest up and below, 1/3 peacock herl ribbed with gold oval tinsel.

    Throat:  Peacock sword tips back to back, guinea fowl.

    Wings:  Two jungle cock feathers back to back, covered with amherst pheasant tippets doubled.

    Sides:  Golden pheasant body feathers.

    Cheeks:  Peacock blue neck feather, jungle cock and kingfisher.

    Topping:  Golden pheasant crest.

    Horns:  Amherst pheasant.

    Head:  Peacock sword.

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