"Fenian" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 238

Material

  • Hook: 1 to 1 3/4 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, Blue Chatterer
  • Body: 1/4 bright orange, 3/4 bright green Seal's fur
  • Rib: Oval gold
  • Hackle: Golden olive hackle over green Seal's fur
  • Throat: Blue Jay
  • Wing: Mixed - tippet in strands. Green, yellow, and orange Swan. Florican and Golden Pheasant tail. Narrow strips of Pintail and barred Summer Duck
  • Roof: Brown Mallard
  • Head: Black herl

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Florican
  • Feather => Peacock : Feather - Wing

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 to 1 3/4 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and Blue Chatterer.
Body: First quarter, bright orange Seal's fur; remainder, bright green Seal's fur.
Ribs: Oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: A golden olive hackle over the green Seal's fur.
Throat: Jay.
Wings: Mixed - tippet in strands; "married" strands of green, yellow, and orange Swan, Florican and Golden Pheasant tail; "married" narrow strips of Pintail and barred Summer Duck; brown Mallard strips over.
Head: Black herl.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Cotinga - Spangled
Latin: Cotinga cayana
Feather Blue      
Body Seal Fur
Bright orange, 1/4 body
Orange      
Seal Fur
Bright green, 3/4 body
Green      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Golden olive, over green
Olive      
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Green      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Orange      
Florican
Latin: Otididae
Cites
Feather Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Pintail
Latin: Anas acuta
Feather - Flank Natural
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather - Flank Natural
Roof Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather - Shoulder Brown      
Head Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      

Materials in pattern

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