Solano Fly Fishers
Silver Admiral
 
Materials
Hook:
Thread:
Tail:
Body:
Rib:
Wing:
Legs:
 8-1/0
6/0 Black
Fl. Pink hackle fibers
Fl. Pink Hareline Dubbing
Flat medium silver tinsel
White calftail
Fl. Pink hackle fibers
 

Tying Instructions:

  1. Tie in your silver ribbing.

  2. Spin pink dubbing on to thread and wrap forward to just before eye of hook.

  3. Select 1 pink saddle hackle, and tie it in by its tip. Make 3 or 4 wraps, pulling fibers back as you wrap.

  4.  Secure with thread and trim.

  5. Use a hair stacker to even up the tips of a clump of calftail fibers.

  6. Remove any underfur and or any short hairs and tie in as wing. Wing should extend beyond the body.

  7. Trim, whip finish, and head cement.