The dressing tied on an up loop eyed salmon hook is as follows: -
Tag: Oval gold tinsel
Tail: Mauve bucktail with two strands of purple Krystal Flash
Body: First half (as tied from the hook bend towards the eye -
blue floss. Second half - (as tied from the mid point towards the
eye) green floss
Both halves wrapped with oval gold tinsel
Mid-hackle: (between blue & green floss) Magenta cock
First head
hackle: Crimson cock
Second
hackle: Long soft black
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of John & Sally Dwyer
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [VFB] Perkin Fly
At 01:14 PM 11/13/2006, you wrote:
I feel that I should point out that the original mauvine or mauve coloured
dye discovered by William Perkin in 1856 was a substance called aniline and
was extracted from coal tar and not sea urchin.
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
do you have the recipe for the Perkin Fly ?
Thanks
John
