"The Annan No. 1" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 350
Tags riverannan,

Material

  • Tag: Silver twist
  • Tail:, Strands from golden pheasant saddle-feathers
  • Body: Rough pig's wool, orange-brown by the tail, merging into more and more brown, until it is dark bear's brown at shoulder
  • Hackle: Coch-y-bondu hackle,
  • Throat: Black, heavy
  • Rib: Medium gold tinsel
  • Underwing: Two slips of grey drake
  • Wing: Two sips of light dun turkey

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag silver twist; tail, some sprigs from the saddle-feathers of gold pheasant; body, very rough pig's wool, a sort of orange-brown at tail, merging into more and more brown, until it is dark bear's brown at shoulder; coch-y-bondu hackle, with plenty of black at the but for the shoulder; medium gold tinsel; wings, two slips of grey drake under, and two of light dun turkey over

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Saddle
Strands
Natural
Body Pig Wool
Orange-brown
Orange      
Pig Wool Brown      
Pig Wool Brown - Dark      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Coch-y-bonddhu Natural
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Heavy
Black      
Rib Tinsel
Medium
Gold      
Wing - underwing Drake Feather Gray      
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather
Light dun
Natural

Materials in pattern

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