Name Nigel Fell Category Atlantic Salmon Hook Daiichi #2055 (Alec Jackson Spey - Gold) Size #1.5 Tip/Tag (hand made) Copper Twist and Pumpkin UniStretch Tail Green-dyed Golden Pheasant Crest under a short slip of Barred Woodduck Butt Black-dyed Ostrich Herl Body 1/3 Benecchi's Black/Peacock Iridescent Thread, 2/3 "Boleside Tweed" Dubbing (a custom blend of 2 parts HareLine Olive/Black Leech STS Trilobal Dub and 1 part HareLine Peacock Black Ice Dub) Rib Small Gold Oval Tinsel (3 to 4 turns over dubbing) Body Hackle Medium Olive Saddle Hackle (sparse) behind the Rib Collar(s) Dark Olive Hen Hackle under Black Hen Hackle Wing Natural Russian Squirrel Tail accented with sparse Spirit River 'Fire Fox Peacock' Lite-Brite Head Danville 6/0 no-wax Red Flymaster thread

This stunning Classic Hairwing was originated by Scotty Howell in collaboration with Leon Guthrie and dedicated to River Tweed water Bailiff/Guide, Nigel Fell. See his notes below. You can see more of Scott Howell's flies at The Flies of Scott Howell. See his notes about this fly below.

Scotty's Notes:This original Atlantic Salmon fly was co-designed and developed by my good friend Leon Guthrie of Galshiels, Scotland. The pattern is a joint tribute to Mr. Nigel Fell , a well-known angler and 20-year veteran Baillif on the Boleside beat of the renowned River Tweed.