Pattern Note:  Is this a variant or pattern mis-transcription of Unnamed #32 with GP tippet substituted for Amherst rump? Or of R-7?

Reference:  American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT, as noted in http://www.rareandunusual.com/tcs.html, and Schmookler & Sils poster: “Carrie Stevens Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies”. This fly also appears in Forgotten Flies (Schmookler & Sils) p. 378.

Pattern Recipe

Tag:  Silver Flat

Body:  Black

Rib:  Silver Flat

Underbelly:  White bucktail

Throat:  White

Wing:  White flanked by Red Grizzly

Shoulder:  Golden pheasant tippet, flanked by Black dyed duck or hen (2nd shoulder is smaller)

Cheek:  Jungle Cock

Head: Black (red band)