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| Name | Bluebird Dee |
| Category | Steelhead |
| Hook | Alec Jackson Spey (Daiichi 2091), #1.5 blind eye |
| Tag | Fine oval silver tinsel |
| Tail | Golden pheasant crest and a pair of kingfisher feathers tied upright (back-to-back) |
| Butt | Red wool |
| Body | In three equal sections ? light blue silk, butted with red wool and veiled above and below with pairs of kingfisher (back-to-back); second section of medium blue silk butted with red wool and veiled with pair of kingfisher; final section is violet silk. |
| Ribs | Fine oval silver tinsel on each section separately |
| Hackle | Light blue schlappen behind ribs on violet silk |
| Throat | Purple schlappen |
| Wings | Mottled peacock secondary wing strips |
| Cheeks | Kingfisher |
| Head | Red thread |
"Bluebird Dee" was dressed by Contributing Fly Tyer Monte Smith. Monte also dressed this week's Atlantic Salmon Fly of the Week. 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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