Conway Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Crimson red and white hackle barbs mixed
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool
Hackle - Yellow and crimson red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of a small bunch of red bucktail
Dan Conway of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in 1934. At the time this extraordinary, one-armed commercial tier created this fly, it had a peacock head and white duck quill wings with a married narrow section of red duck quill.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
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