Connecticut River Dick
Hook - 6X long streamer hook
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Body - Peacock herl wound into a rope to make a full/heavy looking body
Wing - Yellow bucktail, short enough so that it will not catch under the hook
Topping - A very small clump of lemon wood duck flank, nearly as long as the bucktail
Shoulder - Strip of red goose cheek, slim and nearly as long as the wing. The original called for turkey feather
Cheek - Jungle cock
Originator also used red and yellow heads
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