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General Practitioner
Tied by Gary Tanner

General Practitioner

Name General Practitioner
Category Atlantic Salmon
Tag Small flat gold tinsel
Tail Orange polar bear, 2 strands of pearl crystal flash and 1 strand of pearl flashabou
Rib Small flat gold tinsel with an orange rooster saddle hackle palmered from tag to the head of the fly
Body Orange seal dubbing
Underwing Golden pheasant tippet clipped in a V shape to extend to the bend of the hook
Wing Red golden pheasant breast feathers (3) tied as a roof
Head Red

General Practitioner was tied by contributing fly tyer Gary Tanner. See Gary's notes below about this fly and read more about it on his blog: The River's Course. See more of his flies on his contributor page, The Flies of Gary Tanner.

Gary's Notes: Something for the coming autumn on Atlantic salmon rivers, my tie of Emmett Johnson's version of the General Practitioner.

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