"Candlestick Maker" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 209

Material

  • Hook: 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, scarlet Swan, barred Summer Duck in strands
  • Body: 1/2 black floss, 1/2 black Seal's fur
  • Rib: Oval silver
  • Hackle: Fiery brown
  • Throat: Black
  • Wing: Pair of Jungle Cock, back to back. Three or four toppings over

Cites list

This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.

Animal Substitutes
Jungle Cock

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping, scarlet Swan, and barred Summer Duck in strands.
Body: First half, black floss; second half, black Seal's fur.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: A fiery brown hackle.
Throat: A black hackle.
Wings: A pair of Jungle Cock feathers (back to back); three or four toppings over.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Scarlet      
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather - Flank
Barred
Navy      
Body Floss
1/2 body
Black      
Seal Fur
1/2 body
Black      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Brown - fiery
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Black      
Wing Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck
Back to back
Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
3 or 4
Natural

Materials in pattern

We are working on getting more images to cover all parts.