Why devote an article to the topic of salmon-fly heads? Good question, but perhaps by showing examples from different tiers, it may help in your own tying.

Here is a little quiz in which you try to match the salmon-fly head with the tier; some tiers are represented more than once (see illustrations on next two pages). This is a very tough quiz, with a difficulty level of ten on a scale of one to ten. I, of course, got a perfect score (on the nineteenth try).

Match each head with a tier and add up your correct answers. Remember--this quiz is TOUGH!!! A holy man from India only scored a twelve, and he took three days.

A) Wayne (Wulf Wulf) Luallen
*B) Paul (For Free) Ely
*C) Dick (Two Tone) Jones
D) George M. (Muffy) Kelson
E) Ernest Crosfield
F) T.E.(Tee Hee)Pryce-Tannatt
G) Antique head-unidentified
H) Mark (Wa Wa) Waslick
I) Bob Veverka
J) Charles (Big D) Ackroyd
K) Syd (El Cid) Glasso
L) Ron Alcott
M) Poul Jorgensen
*N) Bill (More Dams) McMillan
O) William (9/0) Chinn

(Like hot and spicy food on a Chinese menu, hard-to-identify tiers are marked with an asterisk. Give yourself a pat on the shoulder if you get them all.)

To determine your rating, compare your number of correct answers with the chart below (answers found elsewhere in the issue).

Did you do well on the quiz? Huh? What? I smell incense.

Some last comments. Luallen's bullet-shaped head on an eyed Bartleet is right up there with the best I have ever seen. Head # 32 I tied in 1985 during my Neanderthal period. Head # 33 I tied in 1986, and # 34 was tied in 1990. Kelson's head is on a 10/0 Benchill, and is beautiful.

The diversity of style is obvious. Even if you try to copy another tier, you will develop your own style very shortly.

Answers to the Quiz

1) K; 2) K; 3) K; 4) K; 5) K; 6) K; 7) K; 8) C; 9) G; 10) G; 11) L; 12) M; 13) M; 14) G; 15) H; 16) B; 17) N; 18) I; 19) I; 20) I; 21) J; 22) A; 23) A; 24) F; 25) F; 26) E; 27) E; 28) E; 29) E; 30) E; 31) D; 32) O; 33) O; 34) O; 35) O; 36) O.