Connecticut River Dick

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