Snow Fly E

 
Snow Fly : Hardy.
Tag : Silver tinsel.
Tail : A topping; tippet and Ibis.
Butt : Black herl.
Body : Silver tinsel butted 4 times with wool, coloured red, claret, blue and yellow.
Throat : Teal.
Wings :Swan dyed yellow, red, and blue, Peacock wing, Bustard, Golden Pheasant tail, Turkey Mallard and a topping.
Horns : Blue Macaw.
Head : Black.
 
Snow Fly : Francis Francis. 1867. (Farlow)
 
Tag : Silver tinsel.
Tail : A small topping, Ibis and Wood duck.
Butt : A turn or two of black wool.
Body : In four joints; stout silver twist, a wad of Pig's wool is tied in at each joint and is picked out. At the first
           joint blue, at the second medium claret, third orange and the head of the fourth on the shoulder is yellow.
           This is picked out to answer for a hackle.
Throat : A short orange hackle, which is well covered by the butt of the wing and the head.
Wings : Three or four good broad slices of dark, almost black Turkey, with light (not quit white) tips, and a topping
            over all.
Head : Blue wool.
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