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Big Poppey

Big Poppey - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Big Poppey Fly Pattern Hook: Castle Arms Heritage Allcock BG3 #2...

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Big Poppey - Bill Chandler Big Poppey - Bill Chandler

Tied by: Bill Chandler
Originated by: Bill Chandler

Big Poppey Fly Pattern

Hook: Castle Arms Heritage Allcock BG3 #2
Thread: White 8/0
Tag: Silver flat tinsel
Body: Green silk
Rib: Silver flat tinsel
Belly: White bucktail
Throat: Red schlappen
Under-wing: Orange bucktail and black dyed golden pheasant crest
Under-shoulder: Red schlappen
Wing: 4 red hackles
Shoulder: Mikado pheasant
Eye: Jungle cock nail
Head: Black

Notes: Tied on a vintage modeled BG3 hook, Bill's Big Poppey is inspired by the Manhattan poppy flower. You can sub silver pheasant crest for the dyed black golden pheasant crest, and a black hen saddle for the shoulder if Mikado pheasant isn't something you have in your inventory.

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