Spey & Dee Fly Tutorial By Cameron Derbyshire
Antique Hook Posters By Ron Reinhold
Are These Blacker Flies? (Part II)
Blacker's Wings & How to Make Them By Martin Bach
Design of flies..Going with the FLOW by Aaron Ostoj
Dyeing with Natural Dyes By Charles Vestal
Facts and Folklore About Hooks By Ron Reinhold
From Anton Rist an Evangeline Variation
From Bud Guidry Elegant Simplicity
From Dave McNeese an Orange Heron and Pearl Peril
From David White A Sir Richard
From Edwin Rist A Green Highlander & Pyrite
From Gordeaux The Mary O and Purple Infusion
From Kyle Hand A Blue Baron Variation
From Stefano Farkas No 1 A Golden Lady & Popham
From Stefano Farkas No 2 A Greenhighlander & Butcher
From Stefano Farkas No 3 A Baron & Childers
From Stefano Farkas No 4 A jumbo Popham
From Stefano Farkas No 5 Three Doctors
From Stefano Farkas No 6 A Jock Scott
Growing Your Own Silk Gut by Jim Blais
Indian Crow / Red-Ruffed Fruit Crow
Indian Crow Subs by Don Colman
Lt. Col. Reid's Materials Order
Making a Chute Wing Setter by Don Colman
National Geographic Silk Gut Article
Notes on Salmon Fly Storage By David White
Raising Heritage Turkeys By Kyle Hand
Tapered Floss Underbodies By Stefano Farkas
The 2004 International Fly Tying Symposium
The high cost of tying Atlantic Salmon Flies today?
The Pine Meadow House Gang or A Fly Tyer?s Excellent Adventure
The Tinsel Belt by Tero Lannes
Tinsel Bodies by Wayne Luallen
Toppings and Tails by David White
Anton, pictured at right, the younger of the brothers Rist, has presented an Evangeline in Stages and supplied a brief but informative narrative on how he tied it. He makes a valid point on the use of alternative feathers for the body veilings or manes as they are called when they are upright. The brothers Rist even supplied photos of birds the alternative feathers came from. Click HERE to see The Blue Crowned MotMot. Click HERE to see the Crimson Fruit Crow.
Charlie Chute has referred to Anton (age 11) as being part of the "Future Of Salmon Fly Tying". I certainly can't disagree.
Anton tells us the following on his Beautiful Evangeline:
I tied this fly on a 7/0 Gaelic Harrison Bartleet. The tag tail and butt are tied how they look with the tail extending just to the bend of the hook. The underbody is started in back and tapered forward, overlapping to increase thickness, then measured and marked (in this case four body sections). The tinsel body section is started in back and wrapped forward, not back and forward. The body veilings are MotMot and Crimson Fruit Crow, which are exceptional Chatterer and Indian Crow alternatives.
These veilings are tied on together, with the stems crimped and flattened. The throat is tied on the same way as the veilings, but is razored to shape, the second pair of fruit crow covering the razored part.
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The wing is tied on like a giant veiling. because of the shape of the macaw covert, it is not "Z-Crimped". the woodduck is tied on like a cheek, because the stem at this point is naturally flat, it does not need to be flattened.
The crest is tied on by the soft flap at the base of the rachis. the horns are tied on together, and curved beforehand, as Edwin says, "Like a Christmas ribbon for a present".