REAL Teal Blue Silver

A generous fellow fly-fisherman & fly tyer from Oregon sent me some Teal feathers...HOORAY!
I'm not able to tie a BONA FIDE Teal Blue Silver!  Check back a few blog entries to see my "variations".

He sent more than just the barred feathers.  He also sent some Teal feathers that each sport a single spot.  I figured that spot would make a nice "eyespot" on streamers.  So, I tied up a #4 Black Ghost streamer using those eyespot feathers for the "cheeks".

I also tied up a few more of the Teal Blue Silvers....two #8's and one #12.

Teal Blue Silver....sort of

I'm still re-perusing The Fly-Tying Bible by Peter Gathercole.
Another streamer pattern caught my eye, the "Teal Blue Silver".

My main problem is I don't have any teal feathers.  Mallard is SORT of similar, but without the nice barring. I tried it anyway.
Would this be considered a "Mallard Blue Silver"?

I'd never tried the "folded wing" before, and it turned out much smaller in profile than I wanted.  Something to remember and improve upon for next time.

Next, I tried using grizzly hackle feathers for the wing.  ("Grizzly Blue Silver"?) This turned out ok.  I did coat the heads with Clear Cure Goo.