The Smolt Series, Black and Pale Variations

Two Views of the Black Smolt

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, Bronze 1.5

Thread: black and Red head

Tag: Silver Mylar with Large Gold or Silver Lagurtuns

Body: Variegated Bands of Pink and Purple Chenille

Throat: Purple Hen Hackle

Eye: Epoxy Resin

Wing: Very Fine flashabou type material 'baitfish' topped by Black Russian Silver Goat

The Pale Variant: an 'egg-sucking smolt'

Hook: Size 2 Partridge Limerick Bend, Black

Tag: Silver mylar and gold lagartun oval

Body: Purple and Pink Chenille, in variegated bands

Throat: Red died Guinea Fowl

Eye, epoxied, green irises

Egg: Hot Orange Floss, with Loon hard head finished

Wing: Tented bronze mallard over silver Russian Silver Goat and a patch of that midnight blue baitfish flashabou stuff