Black Dose

The 'Black Dose' is a Victorian classic Salmon pattern created by Mr Bernard in the middle of the 19th century. The tiers of this era had the world of exotic plumge from endangered birds to select from. Today substitute materials are used this fly shown tied by Philip Butcher is a fine example First confirmed references are of G Kelson showing, the Black Dose, to his son George M Kelson (author of The Salmon Fly 1985) .