#302 - Moosehead

#302 Moosehead - Dave Lomasney (lake and streamer versions)

Tied by: Dave Lomasney
Moosehead Lake Fly popularized by Mary Orvis Maybury

Hook: Partridge CS15 #2
Thread: White 6/0
Tag: Gold flat tinsel
Tail: Golden pheasant crest
Body: Claret floss
Rib: Gold flat tinsel
Belly: Orange bucktail
Throat: Orange schlappen
Wing: 4 claret hackles
Shoulder: Golden pheasant tippet with a small slip of bronze mallard
Eye: Jungle cock nail
Head: Black ostrich head and black thread

Notes: Dave has done wonderful work converting the Moosehead lake fly into a majestic and regal streamer. The Moosehead lake fly is a part of the Orvis display put together by Mary Orvis Maybury for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair which is currently on display at Orvis museum in Manchester Vermont. The pattern is not officially described in print, luckily Don Bastion has been collection information on the missing flies in the collection and provided Dave with the recipe and images of the original for reference. Dave has done a magnificent job of maintaining the original spirit of the Moosehead lake fly sporting a stately claret wing drawing from the wound hackle in the lake fly.