Hi, thanks for the nice comments. I'll do my best to give you the recipe.
Top Fly:
Tag: Flat gold tinsel
Tail: Hot orange GP crest
Butt: Hot orange globrite floss (used as thread to tie in body feathers until wing is tied in)
Body: rear half, two bunches of hot orange Hooded Merganser crest feathers (the ones without black tips). Front half, Black hooded merganser crest feathers.
Wing: a few strands of black dyed polar bear, a few strands of orange dyed polar bear, four hot orange saddle hackles over that.
Throat: Orange guinea
Sides: two points of a call duck shoulder feather (hooded merganser flank would sub well)
Cheeks: Starling undertail coverts dyed hot orange
Bottom Fly:
Tag: flat silver tinsel
Tail: Hot orange GP crest
Butt: Purple globrite floss (used as thread to tie in body feathers until wing is tied in)
Body: rear half, two bunches of Purple Hooded Merganser crest feathers (the ones without black tips). Front half, Black hooded merganser crest feathers.
Wing: a few strands of blue dyed polar bear, a few strands of purple dyed polar bear, four UV purple saddle hackles over that.
Throat: UV Blue hackle, UV Purple guinea hackle
Sides: doubled call duck shoulder feathers points on each side. (you could use pintail shoulder points as a sub too.)
Cheeks: UV blue starling undertail covert.
You could sub any soft feather for the body feathers. Ringneck pheasant neck feathers would work pretty well, or even hen neck feathers. (the tips of high quality marabou would give even more movement) The starling feathers have been enameled. (which really looks neat in the water)
I can't wait to get more time at the vise, I've got a ton of new, fun ideas since my visit.
AO
