Avon Special

Fly: Roy Christie, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: emerger type
Thread: olive
Tail: yellow Hare's face guard hair
Abdomen: gray muskrat underfur ribbed with mono
Thorax: seal fur mix to match insect (amber/olive)
Wing: Mallard/teal tried in round bend at 90 degrees to hookshank
Hackle: 1 golden olive/1 grizzle wound to cover whole hook bend, thorax wound onto hackle roots

Note: Created 1980-82-ish & published in Fly Dressers Guild magazine

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