Hook: Presentation-class Atlantic salmon hook, size 1/0 to 5/0.
Thread: Black 8/0 (70 denier).
Tag: Oval silver tinsel and blue silk floss.
Tail: A golden pheasant crest feather and Indian crow.
Butt: Black ostrich herl.
Body: Two turns gold silk floss followed by (in equal sections) gold, orange, blue, and brown seal's fur.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel and fine silver twist. (Muzzy used flat silver on this version.)
Wing: Golden pheasant tippet feathers, and married strips of yellow goose, red goose, blue goose, bustard, and black goose.
Cheeks: Jungle cock, Indian crow, chatterer, and rifle bird.
Topping: Golden pheasant crest feather.
Horns: Blue and gold macaw.
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