"The Drake Wing" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 344
Tags rivertweed,

Material

  • Tail: Golden pheasant fibers and a yellow toucan feather
  • Body: Orange (1/5th), red (1/5th), and black(3/5th) pigs wool
  • Rib: Broad silver tinsel
  • Hackle: Dark orange-red Coch-y-bondu and lavender hackle
  • Wing: Two strips of pintail
  • Hook: From No. 6 to 11

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Toucan
  • Feather => Swan : Feather - Chest

Original material

As written in the book:

Tail, tippet sprigs, and a yellow toucan feather; body, orange, red, and black pigs wool, the red being about two-fifths and the black three-fifths of the body; broadish silver tinsel; hackle, a coch-y-bondu hackle, stained a dark orange red, the black part being left on for the shoulders, and over this a lavender hackle; wing, two strips of pintail. Any size, from 6 to 11.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
Fibers
Natural
Toucan
Latin: Family: Ramphastidae
Cites
Feather Yellow      
Body Pig Wool
1/5 body
Orange      
Pig Wool
1/5 body
Red      
Pig Wool
3/5 body
Black      
Rib Tinsel
Broad
Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Coch-y-bonddhu
Orange-red
Orange      
Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Lavender      
Wing Pintail
Latin: Anas acuta
Feather
Strips
Natural

Materials in pattern

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