Here is the fly pattern sheet for the Silver Brown.

This is a picture of the Silver Brown tied by Roderick Haig-Brown from the International Federation of Fly Fisher’s Museum in Livingston, MT.

Materials

Thread:

Danville 6/0, black

Tail:

Indian crow breast feather or substitute

Body:

Flat silver tinsel

Hackle:

Natural dark red

Wing:

Golden pheasant center tail strips

Note: The original fly pattern didn’t list the orange polar bear, but you can see the fly tied by Roderick Haig-Brown includes it under the Golden pheasant center tail strips.

Fly pattern from Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies by Trey Combs (1979)

Note: See the Silver Brown Throw Back Thursday Fly post for more information.