"The Childers" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 339

Material

  • Tag: Gold twist and golden coloured floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, some teal, and tippet
  • Body: Yellow, orange, and dark red pig's wool
  • Rib: Broad gold tinsel
  • Hackle: Dark red claret
  • Throat: Light blue on the shoulder
  • Wing: White tipped dark turkey and strips of bustard. Gold pheasant tail over, mixed with blue, pale red, orange, and yellow swan
  • Head: Black

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, gold twist and golden coloured floss; tail, a topping, some teal, and tippet; body, yellow, orange, and dark red (somewhat of a lake) pig's wool; broad gold tinsel; hackle, dark red claret and light blue on the shoulder; wing, a good lump of whitish tipped dark turkey, and strips of bustard, and gold pheasant tail over it, mixed with slices of blue, pale red, orange, and yellow swan; head,black.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel - Twist Gold      
Floss Gold      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck Natural
Body Pig Wool Yellow      
Pig Wool Orange      
Pig Wool Red - Dark      
Rib Tinsel
Broard
Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Dark
Claret-red      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Blue - Light      
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather
White tipped, dark
Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Blue      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Pale red
Red      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Orange      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Head Black      

Materials in pattern

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