Funeral Practitioner (Atlantic salmon)

Funeral Practitioner

Pattern

Hook: Gamakatsu T10-6H or any heavy salmon iron size 6 to 1/0

Thread: Danville Flymaster 6/0

Feelers: 5-6 polar bear or bucktail hairs, dark, length of hook shank, topped with 2 strands of angel hair

Facial hair: small bunch of seal fur or sub, dark magenta, tied under hook shank

Back hair: thin rabbit strip, black

Egg head: 1-2 turns of New Age Chenille or similar, Fl. Chartreuse

Eyes:(optional) iridescent green feather from back of golden pheasant, "wishboned" ala GP,

tipped with black enamel [note: these eyes were added for the Swap, and are as yet

untested. Feel free to clip them off if you find them offensive- they'll probably get

chewed off in short order anyway ;)]

Rib: Oval gold tinsel

Hackle: Black saddle, wound tightly behind rib

Body: Silver tinsel

Covert: GP breast feather, 2 strands of angel hair, topped with dark teal or mallard

Originally submitted to the SALAR list swap 2006 by John Preston

Notes:

This fly has proved deadly for me in the Fall on the Margaree, and in NL in high cold water, but

no guarantees! I hope you have good luck with it, might be worth a try when all else fails...

Cheers, and great fishing in 2006! ~John