August 2010
Jock Scott
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"
Chinese Proverb
John (Jock) Scott, born in Branxfolmes, Rocburgshire in 1817, created this enduring pattern in 1850. Jock Scott was a Fisherman to Lord John Scott of Kirkbank. It is reputedly the most famous, and most killing of flies. A proven pattern on British and Scottish waters, it is a timeless design that is now used to fish salmon and steelhead in waters all over the world.
The Jock Scott is one of the butterfly patterns of the Victorian era and it is considered a masterpiece in harmony and proportion.
Design
Tag : Round silver tinsel
Tail : Topping and Indian crow
Butt : Black ostrich herl
Body, in two equal halves : First half golden yellow floss, butted with black herl, and veiled above and below with six or more toucan feathers; second half black floss
Ribs : Fine oval silver tinsel over golden yellow floss, broader oval silver tinsel or flat silver tinsel and twist over the black floss
Hackle : A black hackle over the black floss
Throat : Speckled gallena
Wings : A pair of black white-tipped turkey tail strips (back to back) over these, but not entirely covering them; a mixed sheath of "married" strands of peacock wing, yellow, scarlet and blue swan or goose, bustard, florican, and golden pheasant tail, two strands of peacock sword feather above, "married narrow strips of teal and barred summer duck at the sides, brown mallard over, a topping over all
Sides : Jungle cock
Cheeks : Blue chatterer
Head : Black varnish
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