General Money I
Steelhead
Hooks - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Natural red golden pheasant body feather barbs or substitute
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel over dubbed portion of the body
Body - Rear two-fifths, oval silver tinsel; the front three-fifths, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Claret tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Orange bucktail tied over the body
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
General Money II
Steelhead
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Wing - Red bucktail tied over the body
Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar in front of the wing and tied back. (The hackle is also tied palmer-style on one variation)
Brigadier General Noel Money of Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, originated the two preceding patterns. These flies originally sported swan quill wings, however, they were replaced with bucktail over fifty years ago. General Money was one of our early fly-fishing fishing steelhead pioneers on the West Coast. Fly tiers were always seeking out his patterns and attempting to duplicate them. There were about nine known patterns but the two I have listed were the most popular.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
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