Snow Fly

Simple Strip Wing, Farlow, middle of 19th century. Pattern as per Francis Francis.

Tag: Silver tinsel
Tail: A small topping, ibis and wood duck
Butt: A tum or two of black Berlin wool
Body: The body is in four joints, and is composed of stout silver twist; at every joint a wad of pig's wool is tied in and picked out; at the first joint light blue, at the second, medium claret, at the third, orange, and the head of the fourth on the shoulder is yellow, picked out to answer for a hackle
Throat: A short orange hackle, the main fibre of which is well covered by the butt of the wing and the head
Wings: Three or four good slices of dark, almost black turkey, with light (not quite white) tips, and one topping over all
Head: Blue Berlin wool