Wilkinson...NOT The Silver Wilkinson

[SalarMan 0]

This is the version from George M. Kelson, The Salmon Fly, 1895 and J.H. Hale, How to Tie Salmon Flies, 3rd edition, 1930
There are other versions from Francis Francis, A Book on Angling, 3rd edition, 1876 and Herbert Maxwell, Salmon and Sea Trout, 1898.

I'm not exactly thrilled with this tie, but I felt it is only proper to post the good as well as the not so good. 😁
I suspect it can be spruced up a bit, and I will give that a go to see what I can do.

Tag: Silver Twist
Tail: Topping, tippet and Indian crow
Butt: Scarlet wool
Body: Silver tinsel
Rib: Oval silver tinsel
Throat: Magenta and light blue
Main Wing: Tippet, teal, peacock wing, golden pheasant tail,
                     swan dyed red, yellow and blue, mallard above and
                     a topping overall.
Sides: Jungle cock
Horns: Blue macaw
Head: Black ostrich herl (optional)

[MuskyFlyGuy 0]

Beauty!

[Heff2 0]

looks great,  What would you change to make it perfect in your eyes?  

[SalarMan 0]

27 minutes ago, Heff2 said:

looks great,  What would you change to make it perfect in your eyes?  

The tippet underwing is messy after too much fussing with the fly as I worked on it; the head got away from me...phew...ugly; what the photo does not show the main wing ain't too pretty either. I usually don't let these things go, but I was in too much of a rush I guess. And finally, I know there is no such thing as a perfectly tied fly.

[RickZieger 0]

Looks very good to me.

Rick

[Heff2 0]

3 hours ago, SalarMan said:

finally, I know there is no such thing as a perfectly tied fly.

Amen, we’re all our own worst critics I suppose.  Thx for posting and detailing what you would change,  it’s a big help.