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Condition Orange
R. J. Brown
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| | Hook: | Partridge Bartleet CS10/1G #1/0 gold.
| | Tail: | purple dyed golden pheasant crest.
| | Rib: | medium oval gold tinsel, wound the usual way,
led by fine silver oval tinsel to hold down the hackle.
| | Body: | rear 1/2 purple silk floss,
front 1/2 orange angora dubbing, using Syd Glasso's split floss method.
| | Hackle: | light dun Whiting Farms genetic Spey hackle,
wound contrary to the ribs, tied in at the front,
by the root, and secured by the second rib.
| | Collar: | orange dyed teal.
| | Wing: | orange dyed bronze mallard, tented, vertical style.
| | Head: | gray.
| | Note: | Named after the United States' 5 level national alert system,
signifying a high level of alert. Hopefully, things will happen
so quickly when this fly is on the line that it will deserve the name.
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Fly tied and photographed by R. J. Brown.
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