MATERIALS LIST

HOOK: blind eye classic salmon hook
EYE: twisted silk worm gut
THREAD: white for the body, black for the wings
TAG: extra fine oval silver tinsel and red floss, the same colour as the points of the Indian crow
TAIL: two toppings; jungle cock, and kingfisher, one of each on either side
BUTT: black ostrich herl
BODY: first third silver flat tinsel, over which four Indian crow, two at top, two at bottom, back to back, sideways; continuing with a black ostrich herl butt. Black floss for the rest of body
HACKLE: black, from silk
RIBBING: flat silver tinsel, and gold lace
THROAT: green macaw feather from under the wing or tail of the bird
WINGS: two dark blue macaw feathers taken from the top of the wing, jungle cock on either side extending beyond tag, and five tippet feathers reaching to the butt, with three or four golden pheasant toppings over
CHEEKS: blue bird
HEAD: black ostrich herl