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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