The "Counterfeiter"
Tied by Dick Talleur

Bob Veverka`s COUNTERFEITER - Tied by Dick Talleur

This is Bob Veverka's recipe from the Stewart/Allen book, FLIES FOR TROUT. Dick tells us he had to substitute a fine-barred teal feather for the pintail in the shoulders. He did not want any ornithologists chasing him down.

COUNTERFEITER

HOOK: Daiichi 2370 (sizes 2 to 10).
THREAD: Black.
TAIL: None.
BODY: Flat silver tinsel.
THROAT: Bright orange bucktailnext to the body, then white bucktail, then a shorter golden pheasant crest feather.
WING: Mixed pink and lavender bucktail over which are dun hackles.
SHOULDERS: Pintail duck flank and jungle cock.
TOPPING: Black crest feather from a silver pheasant (optional)

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