Michael Rogan’s The Fiery Brown
Another small salmon fly tyed in hand, this time from the book Fishing by Cholmondeley-Pennell that’s part of the Badminton Library -collection. I added a butt to the pattern because to me it clearly shows one in the illustration. This is also the Rogan’s variation with the blue hackle along the fiery brown.
I tried to make the tippet strands to be very uneven and taper to the top as the illustration and some of the originals I’ve seen demonstrate. All in all it’s a simple fly with common materials and should fish well in most rivers. Of course one can argue about the shade of fiery brown which is a common debate but I don’t care to get in to it.
Tag: Gold twist and light orange silk.
Tail: A topping.
Butt: Black ostrich herl (Not in the original pattern).
Body: Fiery brown seal’s fur.
Ribbed: Gold tinsel.
Hackle: From first turn of tinsel, fiery brown and blue.
Wings: Tippet strands between broad strips of mallard.
Horns: Blue Macaw.
Head: Black herl
