Mr. Natural (variation)


Fly: Tim Didas, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: Small streamer hook, 3XL
Thread: Black
Tail: Drake merganser flank. (Original calls for cock pheasant tail fibers.)
Rib: Fine gold tinsel
Body: Mixed raccoon underfur with Australian opossum. (Original calls for raccoon.)
Wing: Yellow calftail topped with woodchuck, for a more barred, fishy look. (Original calls for tan, brown and yellow bucktail, topped with black bear.)
Throat: Flank feather from a drake hooded merganser. (Original used wood duck flank)
Eyes: Jungle cock or painted

Note: Slight variation of a Mike Martinek, Jr. original.

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