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Hudson

Tail - Green quill sections
Tail-tag - Orange floss
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body: Dark brown, almost black wool
Hackle - Orange
Wing - Light brown mottled turkey

From Don Bastian Notes

Examination of the Trout color plate painting reveals a tail-tag as a short orange stub of floss topping the quill section tail. J. Edson Leonard, author of the book, Flies, correctly designates this component application, usually of floss or wool, as a tail-tag. A tag is always at the end of the body, underneath the tail, and a tip is at the end of the body, encircling (in front of) the tail.

Trout - Ray Bergman

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Artful Dodger

Tip - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Dark claret floss
Hackle - Light claret
Wing - Pheasant (or dark brown turkey) *

From Don Bastian Notes

* The recipe listing for the Artful Dodger calls for a pheasant wing. Dark brown turkey was substituted on this fly and others calling for a pheasant wing because turkey is more readily available.

Trout - Ray Bergman

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Cardinal

Body - White chenille
Hackle - White
Wing - Cardinal was original; substitute with claret or red duck quill

Trout - Ray Bergman

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Kamaloff

Tail - Brown mallard
Tail-tag - Red floss
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow wool
Hackle - Grizzly “barred rock”
Wing - Light brown mottled turkey or Bittern

Trout - Ray Bergman

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Claret Gnat

Body - Dark claret wool or chenille
Hackle - Dark claret
Wing - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

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Bootes Black

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Black duck/goose quill
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Maroon wool or fur
Hackle - Black
Wing - Dark slate duck/goose quill

Trout - Ray Bergman

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Gosling

Tail - Gray hackle*
Body - Green floss
Hackle - Gray
Wing - Slate duck/goose quill
Trout - Ray Bergman

*The written recipe listing for a gray tail is clearly missing in the color plate fly painting.
The Gosling in the photo above is tied according to the written recipe.

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Lake George

Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet quill sections
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Scarlet floss
Hackle - White
Wing - White with scarlet stripe - married

Trout - Ray Bergman
 
this will be the last winged wet fly for a while
gonna try nymphs next

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