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The Thistle (Kelson)

tied by WaterWolf
Material List:
Tag: Gold Twist; light yellow floss
Tail: 2 GP Toppings; Indian Crow above and below
Body: Fiery brown and black Pig’s Wool
Rib: Gold flat tinsel
Hackle: Black from 2nd turn
Throat: Black
Wing: Teal, GP red breast fibers, Kori Bustard, Amherst Pheasant tail, Bronze Mallard, GP topping
Sides: JC nail
Horns: Red and blue/red macaw
Head: Black with rabbit dubbing
Hook: H. Milward & Sons 2867 O’Shaughnessy 2/0

Tying Instructions: N/A

Other Flies Tied by WaterWolf

Amicizia (A Fly for SIM)	Beacon (Orvis Marbury)	Ketch'em (Marbury)
Autumn Melange	Volunteer (Marbury)	Volunteer (Marbury)
Purple Emperor (Kelson)	The Notion (John Shields from Marbury)	Kim's Courage
Fiery Brown (Marbury - Fluttering Fly Style)	Ephemera #8	McCloud (Marbury/Orvis)
Ephemera #10	Halo	The Seer
The Thistle (Kelson)	Tomah-Jo (Marbury)	Judge by O'Fee (Capt. Hale)
The Chevron	Kitty for the River Lochy (Kelson)	Blue Jay (Orvis/Cheney)
The Owenmore (Francis)	Prouty (Marbury/Orvis)	Jesse Wood Streamer
Yellowstone (Marbury/Orvis)	The Ghost (Marbury Version)	Baronet (Jones)
Joie de Vivre	Imperial (Orvis/Cheney)	Chubb (Marbury/Orvis)
Ondawa (Marbury)	Scarlet Ibis (Marbury)	The Blue Wasp (Frodin)
The Oregon Trail	Una (Kelson)	The Bonne-Bouche (Tolfrey/Jones)
Moose (Marbury Lake Fly)	Hart (Marbury)	The Major (Tolfrey/Jones)
Crane Fly (Marbury)	Dream Catcher	Wilkinson (Marbury Version)
Black and Gold (Orvis/Cheney)	Jungle Fire	Seth Green (Marbury)
Ephemera #14 (Edward Fitzgibbon aka Ephemera)	Beauly Snow Fly (Francis)	Moisic-Grub (Marbury)
Henshall (Marbury)	Mooselucmaguntic (Marbury)	A Celebrated Claret Fly (Blacker)
Triumph (CF Orvis/Marbury)	A Famous Highwater Fly (Blacker)	Parker (Trout Fly - MO Marbury)
Grouse Hackle (Hackle Fly - MO Marbury)	Oconomowoc (MO Marbury)	Eurasian Fusion
Oquossoc (MO Marbury)	Whitebait Fly, No. 1	Tipperlinn (MOM)
Golden Dustman (Henshall)	Artemis	Maid of the Mill (Marbury)
Nature's Yuletide	Cains River KB Variant	Royal KB Streamer
Cheney (Orvis/Cheney Pattern)	Sultan	Knight Templar
Green and Gold	Reverse-tied Bucktail Streamer (Stevens)	Barnyard Hen
Jupiter's Fancy	Highland Dream	Gray Ghost
Solar Eclipse	Lady Macbeth

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