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The Butcher
T.E. Pryce-Tannatt - How to Dress Salmon Flies, 1914
Dressed by Monte Smith
| Name | The Butcher |
| Category | Atlantic Salmon Fly |
| Tag | Silver thread and lemon silk |
| Tail | A topping and blue Chatterer |
| Butt | Black ostrich herl |
| Body | Fiery brown, pale blue, claret and dark blue seal’s fur in equal sections |
| Ribs | Flat silver tinsel and silver twist |
| Hackle |
Dark claret or black |
| Throat |
Lemon followed by speckled gallina |
| Underwing |
A pair of tippets back to back covered by a pair of golden pheasant breast feathers, and these covered by a pair of broad strips of teal |
| Main Wing |
Yellow, scarlet, blue and orange swan, bustard and golden pheasant tail with mallard above and a topping over all |
| Cheeks | Blue Chatterer |
| Horns | Blue and gold macaw |
The Butcher was tied by Oregon Contributing Fly Tyer, Monte Smith. You can see more of Monte's flies at The Flies of Monte Smith.
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