"The Brora No. 2" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 371
Tags riverbrora,

Material

  • Tag: Silver tinsel, orange floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping
  • Butt: Black ostrich
  • Body: 1/2 orange floss, 1/2 black mohair
  • Throat: Guinea
  • Underwing: Long piece of tippet, orange-yellow and claret strips of swan, golden pheasant tail, mallard, pintail
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping
  • Cheek: Short jungle-cock
  • Horns: Blue macaw
  • Head: Black

Cites list

This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.

Animal Substitutes
Jungle Cock
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, silver tinsel and orange floss; tail, a top-ping; but, black ostrich; body, half orange floss and half black mohair; hackle, gallina only at shoulder; under wing, a bit of tippet (longish), orange-yellow and claret strips of swan, gold pheasant tail, mallard, pintail, a top-ping over all short jungle-cock on either cheek; blue macaw ribs; black head.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss Orange      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Floss
1/2 body
Orange      
Other Mohair
1/2 body
Black      
Throat Guinea Feather Natural
Wing - underwing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
Long
Natural
Wing Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Orange-yellow, strip
Yellow      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Strip
Claret      
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather Natural
Other Pintail
Latin: Anas acuta
Feather Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Cheek Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck
Short
Natural
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail Blue      
Head Black      

Materials in pattern

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