"Select Salmon: No.16 - The Dandy" by Tolfrey, Frederick

Author Tolfrey, Frederick
Book Jones's Guide to Norway
Book Edition N/A
Page 164

Material

  • Hook: No. 8 or 9
  • Tail: Golden Pheasant topping
  • Tip: Silver twist
  • Body: Pale green, black Ostrich as joint separator. Dark blue Mohair, Blue Jay, two turns, as joint separator. Scarlet mohair, scarlet hackle as joint separator. Deep claret Pig's wool by the wing
  • Rib: Silver twist over green, scarlet and claret
  • Throat: Black hackle, dyed blue
  • Wing: Mixed. Peacock herl and wing, Golden Pheasant tail, light mottled Turkey
  • Sides: Blue Jay
  • Head: Brown mohair

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Peacock

Original material

As written in the book:

Hook - No. 8 or 9.
Tail - Golden Pheasant Topping.
Tip - Silver twist
Body - Pale green and silver twist, three turns of black Ostrich, dark blue Mohair, and two turns of Jay Hackle. Scarlet mohair and silver twist, three turns of a dyed scarlet Hackle, deep claret Pig's wool on the shoulder, and silver twist.
Throat - Black hackle, dyed blue.
Wing - (Mixed in strands) Peacock harl and wing, Golden Pheasant tail, light mottled Turkey, and one blue feather from the right and left wing of the Jay.
Head - Brown mohair.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Tip Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Body Green      
Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl
Joint separator
Black      
Other Mohair Blue - Dark      
Blue Jay Feather - Wing
Two turns, joint separator
Blue      
Other Mohair Scarlet      
Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Joint separator
Scarlet      
Pig Wool
Deep claret
Claret      
Rib Tinsel - Twist
Over green
Silver      
Tinsel - Twist
Over scarlet
Silver      
Tinsel - Twist
Over claret
Silver      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Dyed blue
Black      
Wing Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Herl
Mixed wing
Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Wing Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail
Light mottled
Natural
Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather
Light mottled
Natural
Sides Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Head Other Mohair Brown      

Materials in pattern

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