The Baker

The Baker
This is part of The Butcher, The Baker, and The Candlestick Maker trilogy of salmon flies. They were devised over time, building on the original Butcher. Here is the recipe for the Baker, from Francis Francis:

Tag: Gold twist and lightish blue floss
Tail: A topping
Butt: Black ostrich herl
Body: Three turns of golden-coloured floss, dark orange, light blue, and red pig's wool or seal
Ribs: Broadish gold tinsel
Hackle: Medium red-claret hackle
Shoulder: Gallina, with light blue hackle over it
Wings: Underwing, two tippet feathers. Sprigs of golden pheasant tail, bustard, peacock wing, red, bright green, and blue and yellow sprigs of swan over
Horns: Blue macaw
Head: Black