Saturday, April 24, 2021

Golden Girl


The Golden Girl is a derivative of the Green Butt devised by Dave Goulet. 

A white or yellow throat hackle may be substituted to give a change of emphasis.


Golden Girl (Goulet)


Category - Atlantic Salmon


Tag: Flat gold tinsel and fluorescent green uni stretch

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Rib - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat Hackle - Natural black hackle with a green tinge

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Head - Black


The Complete Dictionary of Salmon flies - Chris Mann


Dave Goulet of New Hartford, originated this pattern


Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson


I ran out of jungle cock late last year when I tied the other pattern above. My bad.


I went through every black hackle I own looking for "black hackle with a green tinge" and nope. None!


I also prefer a "beard" style throat hackle. If YOU prefer a different method that's entirely up to YOU! 

Defeo style, collar style and pulled down etc.


Dave Goulet owned a fly shop here in Connecticut and had the luxury of picking out the cream of the crop of tying materials. Most of us don't even have a local fly shop nearby.

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