Slade's Secret
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel & gold floss
Tail - Bronze mallard
Butt - Peacock sword
Rib - Gold oval tinsel
Body - Rear half lime green wool, front half peacock herl
Wing - Brown bear
Throat - Teal flank, sparse
Reference - Charles DeFeo section of Forgotten Flies
In this pattern I made a couple of substitutions
1. I colored white floss with a gold marker to achieve the gold floss
2. I used peacock herl for the butt. I didn't feel the peacock sword herls I had were long enough.
3. I used moose body hair for the wing. I have no brown bear.
I hope you like it.
