Brown Turkey

[scotfly]

This was a favourite fly on many west coast rivers, like many though it is somewhat a forgotten fly today, and was a particular favourite of my dads and consequently I came to regard it as a favourite. You can tie this in a range of sizes from a number 10 trout hook to a 1/0 Double for salmon. The dressing given is the one I know best and taken from 200 popular flys by Tom Stewart.
I don?t have the recommended Cambridge Blue hackle (never have) but the pale blue shown is the one I have used and the fish have never minded.

Instructions assume right-handed tyers

HOOK ? Black Japanned  #6
THREAD ? Black 6/0
RIB ? Flat Silver Tinsel
TAIL ? Golden Pheasants Tippets
BODY ? 1/3 Yellow, 1/3 Red and 1/3 Blue Seals Fur
HACKLE ? Blue
WING ? Brown Turkey

STEP 1
Attach the thread and wrap towards the tail. Catch in the rib, under the shank, as you go.



STEP 2
Continue wrapping towards the hook bend, catching in the tail, on top of the shank as you go.



STEP 3
Apply a generous amount of yellow dubbing to the thread and wrap to form the rearmost 1/3rd of the body.



Repeat with the Red.



Finally, repeat again with the blue.



After ribbing I like to give the fly a rub with Velcro.

STEP 4
Follow with the rib. As you can see I like quite a broad rib on this fly.



STEP 5
Tie in the hackle.



Then wrap and tie off.



STEP 6
Sweep the hackles down the side of the hook and take a couple of wraps to secure in this position.



STEP 7
After judging the wing for length, offer it up and tie in. As always, make sure the wing is parallel with the body.



STEP 8
Finally, after trimming the waste, form a neat head, whip finish and varnish for the completed fly.