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Hook: Streamer hook, 8xl, #2
Body: Pearl Mylar tinsel (over white floss)
Belly: White Bucktail
Throat: Red Schlappen
Wing: Yellow Variant outside of which is Olive
Shoulder: Woodduck
Cheek: Jungle Cock

This is a Mike Martinek pattern. Mike used a yellow/olive grizzly “varigated” hackle from Ewing, so I subbed a yellow variant and solid olive to try to replicate his coloration.
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