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Gary Tanner Flies
Golden Pheasant Spey (Warren)
Tied by Gary Tanner
| Name | Golden Pheasant Spey |
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| Category | Atlantic Salmon |
| Hook | The G.P. Spey lends itself beautifully to hooks like Bob Veverka's Daiichi 2139 |
| Tag | Oval copper tinsel, sized to suit hook size |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant crest over orange Polar Bear. I like the length just a bit longer than the fly's body |
| Body | Rear half hot orange floss or silk, ribbed with oval copper tinsel and veiled with yellow Golden Pheasant rump feathers; black ostrich herl dividing the two body halves; front half oval copper tinsel wrapped in touching turns |
| Hackle | Claret hackle (I like Whiting American hen; others may prefer cock.) Bob's original recipe calls for two Golden Pheasant breast feathers over the claret. I dyed a G.P. skin claret, and use those claret-dyed feathers....just looks so regal against the copper |
| Head | Claret |
Golden Pheasant Spey was tied by contributing fly tyer Gary Tanner. See Gary's notes below about this fly and read more about it on his blog: The River's Course. See more of his flies on his contributor page, The Flies of Gary Tanner.
Gary's Notes: The Golden Pheasant Spey fly was developed by my good friend and salmon fishing campmate, Bob Warren. Bob edited the beautiful Fishing Atlantic Salmon The Flies and
the Patterns
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