As have many of you, I have been tying a few Jock Scotts over the past year. This flurry of "jockeying" is due to requests for flies to match the recently, minted postage stamp. Now that I have tied over 75 of the evil buggers, I find myself wondering if my interpretation of the fly on the stamp is sound. Exquisite timing, I know.

This is how I see the fly:

Blind-eye hook, gut loop for eye.
Tag: Silver twist, yellow floss.
Tail: A topping and Indian crow.
Butt: Black ostrich herl.
Body: Rear half, yellow floss ribbed with fine oval silver tinsel and veiled above and below with Toucan and a mid-body butt of black herl; front half, black floss ribbed with flat silver tinsel.
Hackle: Black over black floss.
Throat: Gallina.
Wings Underwing of white-tipped black Turkey; married strips of yellow, red, blue, dark Turkey and Golden Pheasant tail, Peacock sword fibers and a topping over all.
Sides: Teal.
Shoulders: Jungle cock.
Cheeks: Chatterer.
Head Black ostrich herl.

Do you see it differently? Is there Wood Duck in the side that I missed? Is the strip above the blue in the wing bronze mallard (it surely is long if so)? Is one of the two greenish projections I have called peacock sword actually horns? Is this the strangest Jock Scott you have ever seen?

Disregarding the last question, your opinions would be most appreciated. If you would sent your interpretations to the editor, perhaps we could talk him into publishing them in a future issue.