Olga

Olga

Hook - Single or double salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel.

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Light blue wool or floss

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Blue one shade darker than the body

Wing - Turkey or Bustard

 The Olga was invented by J.L. Dickie and the dressing given in his book "Forty years of trout and salmon fishing" published in 1921 (worth getting for his descriptions of fishing on the Dee at Balmoral, even if he has a slightly arrogant style). He named the fly after his daughter. 

The Olga is also mentioned as a Dee fly in “Pike fishing with some hints on Salmon fishing” by T.S Gray published 1923.

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