"Shannon: No.4" by Blacker, William

Author Blacker, William
Book The Art of Angling
Book Edition December 8th 1843
Page 92

Material

  • Hook No. 9, Limerick
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping
  • Tip: Gold
  • Body: Orange pig hair, tapered full to the shoulder
  • Rib: Flat tinsel
  • Hackle: Orange from tail up
  • Throat: Dark blue. Blue Jay round the head
  • Wing: Golden pheasant neck, tail and crest, peacock wing, teal, and guinea hen, bustard, light spotted turkey
  • Sides: Kingfisher
  • Horns: Blue macaw
  • Head: Black

Original material

As written in the book:

Body - orange pig hair, gold tip, and ribbed with flat tinsel, (all these should be taper, full to the shoulder). Legs - orange hackle from the tail up, dark blue at the shoulder, jay round the head. Wings - golden pheasant neck, tail, and crest, peacock wing, teal, and guinea hen, bustard, and light spotted turkey, blue macaw fibres each side, with kingfisher feathers, black head. Tail - golden pheasant crest. Hook No. 9, Limerick.