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Carrie Stevens Patterns II - Intro and Text Index

By Wes Autio (Introduction and Feature Coordination)

WATER WITCH
Submitted By Lindsey Grandison

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WATER WITCH

HOOK	Mustad 94720 8 X
BODY	Red floss
RIB	Flat silver tinsel
BELLY	White bucktail past bend
THROAT	Light olive hackle, below which is a golden pheasant crest
UNDERWING	Four to five peacock herls
WING	Two light olive hackles, outside of which are two grizzly hackles (slightly shorter)
SHOULDER	Yellow golden pheasant rump
CHEEK	Jungle cock
HEAD	Carrie Stevens tied it with a black head with a red band
SOURCE	Hilyard & Hilyard: Schmookler & Sils

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