Dave Potts Flies

The Butcher
Dressed by By Dave Potts

Name	The Butcher
Category	Atlantic Salmon
Tag	Silver Tinsel, Lemon Yellow Floss
Tail	Golden Pheasant Crest and Chatterer
Butt	Black Ostrich Herl
Body	In Four Equal Sections, Fiery Brown, Pale Blue, Claret, and Dark Blue Seal`s Fur
Ribbing	Flat Silver and a Twist
Hackle	Dark Claret From Second Turn
Throat	A Lemon Cock Hackle Followd by Gallina
Wing	Two Tippets Back to Back, Covered by a Pair of Golden Pheasant Breast Feathers, and Those Covered by a Broad Pair of Teal Strips; Married Narrow Sections of Yellow Swan or Turkey. To Larger Flies: Bustard, Scarlet, Blue, and Orange Swan, and Gold Pheasant Tail, Covered by Broad Strips of Mallard and a Topping
Cheeks	Blue Chatterer or Kingfisher
Horns	Blue and Yellow Macaw
Head	Black

This rendition of The Butcher was tied by Oregon fly fisherman and tyer Dave Potts. Dave worked as a commercial tyer for several years and now enjoys tying antique replicas of salmon and trout fly patterns for his business, "Victorian Flies". Look for more more of his flies in the weeks ahead as a Salmonfly.Net contributing fly tyer.

You can read about Dave and see many more of his flies by visiting The Flies of Dave Potts.