Name Octopus Shrimp Category Atlantic Salmon, Low-Water Shrimp Hook Size 6 to 12, Salmon Hook Thread Black or Red Tag Oval or Flat Silver Tinsel Tail Golden Pheasant Red Breast Feather Rear Body Yellow Floss Ribbing Oval Silver Tinsel Middle Hackle White Saddle With Several Strands of Pearl Flash (Sparse) Front Body Black Floss or Seal's Fur Ribbing Oval Silver Tinsel Front Hackle Brown or Reddish Brown Saddle Head Black or Red

Note: This pattern came from the fine book by Peter O'Reilly, Trout & Salmon Flies of Ireland. He writes that this fly once accounted for seventeen fish over two days for one angler on the Moy when no one else was catching anything.