The Lady Amherst Tied by Maxwell MacPherson, Jr. Name The Lady Amherst Category Classic Atlantic Salmon Hook 9/0 Bartleet tapered shank hook with silkworm gut eye Tag Silver thread and yellow floss Tail A topping and Blue Chatterer Butt Black herl Body Flat silver tinsel Ribs Oval silver tinsel Hackle A Badger hackle along the tinsel body Throat Widgeon Wings Two sets of overlapping Amherst tippets set back to back and enveloping two extended Jungle Cock feathers set back to back Sides Jungle Cock Cheeks Blue Chatterer; a topping over all Horns Blue and Yellow Macaw (sometimes omitted)

This beautiful version of The Lady Amherst was tied by Maxwell MacPherson, Jr. Maxwell has an informative web site with this and many other fine examples of Classic Atlantic Salmon Flies, the patterns, and the history of the flies. For more information about this fly and others, visit his site at MaxFlies.