Caitlin's Comet

Pattern by Mike Martinek, Jr.

Hook: Streamer 8XL, size 1

Tag: Flat silver tinsel

Rib: fine silver twist

Body: royal purple silk floss

Belly: red calftail and a Golden Pheasant crest

Underwing: a small bunch of lavender and red bucktail

Inner Wing: 2 long Jungle Cock eyes

Wing: pale purple hackle then hot magenta and medium blue hackle 2/3 as long as the others. Build the wings as a separate unit with the last eyespot of the Jungle cock showing clear beyond the hackle.

Shoulder: Mallard dyed red

Throat: white schlappen

Cheeks: Jungle Cock

Crest: burnt orange Golden Pheasant crest over wing