Sprite S1800 size 8 streamer hook. Uni-thread 6/0 black. Five natural peacock herls used to create the tail and back of the fly. The body is weighted with lead wire then wrapped with embroidery sewing silk to form a ‘fish shape’. Copper tinsel is tied in to cover the body, which is ribbed with copper wire and varnished. The remainder of the five peacock herls form the back of the body are brought forward and tied in. Two wraps of one side of a hen hackle, dyed orange, is tied in followed by two peacock herls to form the head. The fly is whip finished and varnished. Comment – this pattern was created by Tom Ivens about 1950 and it became popular in the 50s and 60s. It was probably the fore runner of modern reservoir lure fishing in the UK at that time,. It was named after the copper tops on Jersey Milk bottles. In those days there were few fly tying materials, so you used what you could.
