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| Name | Duchess |
| Category | Atlantic Salmon - Classic Featherwing |
| Hook | Gaelic Supreme Harrison Bartleet, #5/0 |
| Tip | Fine oval silver tinsel |
| Tag | Buttercup yellow silk |
| Tail | Golden pheasant crest veiled with kingfisher and dyed red Amherst neck feather (for Indian Crow) |
| Butt | Peacock herl |
| Ribs | Medium flat silver tinsel and silver twist |
| Body | Black silk |
| Hackle | Black, from second rib |
| Throat | Dyed blue guinea (for Jay) |
| Wings | Six golden pheasant crests |
| Sides | Barred wood duck |
| Cheeks | Kingfisher and Indian Crow substitute |
| Horns | Red & blue macaw and green parrot |
| Head | Black ostrich herl |
This version of "Duchess" was dressed by Contributing Fly Tyer Monte Smith, a man whose work speaks for itself. You can see more of the flies tied by Monte Smith and many of his own designs at The Flies of Monte Smith.
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