Tyers –
Our meeting for November will be the 20th at 9:00 am
We will be all tying together, rather than having someone present. We will be tying The Queen of Spring: Please get your dues paid to Steve or Megan ($40.00) if you haven’t already.
Steve Brocco
36515 SE 56th Street
Fall City, Wa.
98024
You can also use PayPal if you prefer using Megan Brocco’s account, see below.
Tag: Silver twist and canary silk
Tail: A topping and summer duck
Butt: Black ostrich herl
Ribs: Gold lace and silver tinsel
Body: Silver tinsel and black silk in equal sections.
Throat: Jay
Main Wing: Tippet, Amherst pheasant and golden pheasant tail, grey mallard, swan dyed canary, red and light blue, mallard above and two toppings over all.
Sides: Jungle Cock
Cheeks: Blue chatterer
Horns: Blue macaw
Radencich’s Classic Salmon Fly Patterns has an excellent example of the Queen of Spring tied by Byron. I could not take a picture from the book that would do Byron’s work justice.
Here is another example from the web
