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Agent Orange
R. J. Brown
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| | Hook: | Tiemco TMC 7931C #3/0.
| | Tag: | fine silver oval from barb to point.
| | Tail: | hot orange dyed golden pheasant crest,
divided vertically by a
hot orange dyed golden pheasant tippet.
| | Rib: | large oval silver tied in at the rear,
wound the usual way, so as to cross the hackles
and serve as a counter-rib.
| | Body: | rear 1/2 hot orange angora dubbing;
front 1/2 orange silk floss.
| | Hackle: | rear 1/2 palmered with hot orange saltwater neck,
tied in at the front by the tip,
wound contrary to the usual way,
held down by the rib;
front 1/2 hot orange dyed blue eared pheasant,
tied in at the front by the tip,
wound contrary to the usual way,
held down by the rib.
| | Collar: | guinea.
| | Cheeks: | jungle cock, drooping.
| | Wing: | dark cinnamon turkey tail, mounted flat, V-style.
| | Head: | black.
| | Note: | A modern color variant of the classic Akroyd Dee River fly.
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Fly tied and photographed by R. J. Brown.
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