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HEAD
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Black
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TAIL
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Small bunch of yellow hackle fibers
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BUTT
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Made in three parts, which take up one third of the body. Rear
quarter of butt is peacock herl, middle half is white silk, and forward
quarter is peacock herl.
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BODY
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Red silk
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RIBBING
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Narrow flat silver tinsel, over red silk only
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THROAT
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Small bunch of yellow hackle fibers
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WING
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Two dark red saddle hackles with a bronze furnace saddle hackle on
each side
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SHOULDERS
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A gray saddle hackle, two-thirds as long as the wing
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CHEEKS
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Jungle Cock
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COMMENTS
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One of Herb Welch's (or anyone's, for that matter) most intricate
patterns. Inspired, in part, by salmon flies Herb had been given from
'across the pond'.
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