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| Name | Silver Doctor |
| Category |
Classic Atlantic Salmon |
| Hook |
Gaelic Supreme, Harrison Bartleet, blind eye 4/0 |
| Tip |
Extra-fine, oval silver tinsel |
| Tag |
Golden yellow floss |
| Tail |
Golden pheasant crest with kingfisher sub as
veiling |
| Butt |
Red wool |
| Rib |
Fine, oval silver tinsel (medium substituted) |
| Body |
Flat silver tinsel |
| Throat |
Light blue hackle, followed by widgeon flank |
| Wings | Golden pheasant tippet sections, back to back, with strips of golden pheasant tail set above as underwing; Married strips of red (scarlet), blue and yellow dyed turkey tail, florican bustard*, speckled bustard, peacock primary wing, and mottled turkey tail. |
| Wing veil | Married strips of barred woodduck and teal flank |
| Roofing | Bronze mallard strips |
| Crest |
Golden pheasant crest |
| Head |
Red wool and black |
*Amherst pheasant tail substituted
Silver Doctor was tied by Contributing Fly Tyer John Wood. Take a look at his
contributor page, The Flies of John
Wood, to see many more of his flies.
John's Notes:
Believed to have been created by James Wright of
Scotland,
in 1850, the Sliver Doctor is one of a group of “Doctor” patterns
that feature bodies of colored floss. This pattern is tied as described by Ron Alcott,
Building Classic Salmon Flies © 2004.
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