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.

Humber Pride

Humber Pride
by Dwight Eveleigh, Comfort Cove, NL

    Hook:  2/0 Partridge Bartleet.

    Thread:  Black.

    Tag:  Copper oval tinsel, light blue floss, copper oval tinsel, dark blue floss.

    Tail:  Golden pheasant crest dyed blue, Veiled with red golden pheasant crest.

    Butt:  Blue ostrich herl.

    Body {rear}:  Copper flat tinsel ribbed with men. Blue flat tinsel and small red flat tinsel. Veiled on the bottom with peacock sward feather. Body joint is blue ostrich herl.

    Body {front}:  Copper flat tinsel ribbed with med blue flat tinsel and small red flat tinsel.

    Throat:  Peacock sward feather.

    Wing:  Guinea, dyed blue.

    Shoulder:  Blue peacock body plumage.

    Cheek:  Gold peacock body feather.

    Topping:  Blue golden pheasant crest.

    Head:  Black.

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