Close enough for government work. Nicely done. I am surprised at all who like that little head that was built so many years ago for yellow perch on West Lake Okoboji. We tied two patterns back when I first built it. One we call the Gay Gordon, the other the Royal Gordon. That was before gay had a social meaning. They were tied with Badger hair and we would have to dye it ourselves. We would trade four dozen jigs to a local fur dealer for a Badger pelt. Cure the pelt with borax and cut it and then dye it. We would leave half the pelt natural dye the rest, yellow,red,black,and green.
The Gay Gordon was natural cream Badger with a wing of green over red. The Royal Gordon was nature cream Badger with a wing of black over yellow. We tied them as a thread neck. The thread we used was A in red and Badger is slick so you had to use a lots of tension. Most popular size was 1/24 oz. with a size 8 Aberdeen gold hook. These two pattern were named by Dr. Phillip. Pugh of Sioux City,Iowa who was a Scotsman and thought they looked like a salmon fly of some sort. The Gay Gordon was mend to represent the bluegill flat or fry that was the number one bait fish for the yellow perch in the lake. The Royal Gordon the rainbow chub fry that was the second biggest food source. Thought the you all might enjoy the history of how that head came to be from its humble beginnings.
Redman
