The “Counterfeiter”
The “Counterfeiter”
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)
