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Groove Holmes
R. J. Brown
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| | Hook: | Partridge Bartleet Supreme CS10/1 #2/0.
| | Rib: | 5 turns of medium flat gold tinsel,
with fine round gold tinsel as a counter-rib.
| | Body: | rear 3/5 orange silk floss,
front 2/5 black angora dubbing,
sparse but long and picked out,
using Syd Glasso's split floss technique.
| | Hackle: | black coque, leading the flat gold tinsel.
| | Collar: | golden pheasant tail, split from the shaft, 2 turns.
| | Wing: | bronze mallard, tented and very low, horizontal style.
| | Head: | brown.
| | Note: | Named after the great jazz/blues Hammond B3 organist.
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Fly tied and photographed by R. J. Brown.
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