"The Earn: The Olive" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 386

Material

  • Hook: Round bend hook, equal to No. 6
  • Tag: Silver tinsel, yellow wool picked out
  • Tail: Black partridge, yellow and red parrot
  • Butt: Black ostrich
  • Body: Dirty yellow wool
  • Rib: Broad silver, narrow gold tinsel
  • Hackle: Dark olive
  • Throat: Blue jay
  • Wing: Speckled turkey

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Parrot
  • Feather - Tail => Swan : Feather - Wing
  • Feather - Tail => Turkey : Feather - Tail

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, silver tinsel, and a wad of yellow wool picked out and left rough all round the bend of the hook; tail, black partridge, yellow and red parrot; but, black ostrich; body, the usual dirty yellow wool, with broad silver and narrow gold tinsel, alternately; dark olive hackle ail the way up and jay at shoulder wings, as before; dressed on round bend hook, but of No. 6 length.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Wool
Picked out
Yellow      
Tail Partridge
Latin: Family: Phasianidae
Feather Black      
Parrot
Latin: Order: Psittaciformes
Cites
Feather Yellow      
Parrot
Latin: Order: Psittaciformes
Cites
Feather Red      
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Wool
Dirty yellow
Yellow      
Rib Tinsel
Broad
Silver      
Tinsel
Narrow
Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Olive - Dark      
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather
Speckled
Natural

Materials in pattern

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