About Evening Star
According to J H Hales in his 'How to tie Salmon Flies' (1892) it was George M Kelson who designed and created the 'Evening Star'. An attractive example of one of the butterfly patterns of the Victorian era.
Flybox's Expert Tips
I unhesitatingly assert that there is no single moment with horse or gun into which is concentrated such a thrill of hope, fear, expectation, and exultation as that of the rise and successful striking of a heavy salmon.
I have seen men literally unable to stand, or to hold their rod, from sheer excitement.
H Cholmondeley Pennell 'The Modern Practical Angler' 1870
Dressings
- Tag : Silver twist and tippet-coloured floss silk
- Tail : A topping
- Butt : Black Ostrich hel
- Body : In four equal sections: the first three of oval tinsel, each having two jungle cock back to back above and below, each butted with black ostrich herl: the last section of blue floss silk
- Ribs : Oval silver tinsel over blue floss
- Throat : Jungle cock as body. These and the body veilings each slightly increase in length from rear end of body.
- Wing : Four Amhurst pheasant tippets in two pairs, back to back. The outer pairs shorter than the inner pair; a topping over
- Cheeks : On each side, the tip of the barrel summer duck feather anda shorter Indian crow feather
- Horns : Red macaw
- Head : Black ostrich herl
Country of Origin:
England
Water Type:
River & Streams / Classic
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