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South Fork Salmon River Spey (Burns)
Tied By William Lovelace

Name	South Fork Salmon River Spey
Category	Summer Steelhead
Hook	Alec Jackson 1.5
Thread	White Danville Flymaster under the body
Tag	Fine Oval Silver Tinsel
Body	Purple Silk Floss; Black Punch Yarn
Ribbing	Wide Flat Silver Tinsel followed by Medium Oval Silver Tinsel; Hot Pink Floss over the flat tinsel; Fine Oval Silver Tinsel counter ribbing the hackle
Hackle	Purple dyed Blue Eared Pheasant
Throat	Gadwall
Wing	Bronze Mallard
Head	Black 8/0 Uni-Thread

South Fork Salmon River Spey comes from the bench of Salmonfly.Net Contributing Fly Tyer William Lovelace.

Bill's notes: "This is a Dr. David Burns fly. You can read more about this fly in John Shewey’s book Spey Flies & Dee Flies."

Read more about William Lovelace and see more of his flies at The Flies of William Lovelace.

Webmaster's notes: If you are looking for a definitive reference about Spey and Dee flies, I highly recommend John Shewey's book mentioned by Bill above. It is an excellent source of information about the history of Spey and Dee flies, the materials used, and the techniques used in their construction, along with numerous fly patterns with beautiful color plates to illustrate. Dr. David Burns, who originated this pattern tied by Bill has it and several others listed in the book. Dr Burns also has one the versions that he tied on his page on this site.