Stuart Foxalls variant is a favourite for autumn salmon: the purple wing shows up well among autumnal colours.
Hook or tube
Tag: Silver oval tinsel or wire
Tail: Mix of green, orange, yellow and purple bucktail with a few strands of pearl Krystal Flash Rear body: Mirage mylar over purple Glo-brite floss
Front body: Purple Glo-brite floss
Rib: Silver oval tinsel or wire
Wing: Purple Arctic runner
Hackle: Yellow cock under orange cock
Head: Red
Robert Harper, a River Dee gillie with 49 years' dedicated service, has won a prestigious double at this year's Scottish Gamekeepers Association awards
A salmon parr discovered in the River Don represents the first evidence of natural breeding in the waterway since the early 1800s