"Blue Doctor" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 215

Material

  • Hook: 1 1/4 to 2inches
  • Tag: Silver thread, golden yellow floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping and tippet in strands
  • Butt: Scarlet Berlin wool
  • Body: Pale blue floss
  • Ribs: Oval silver
  • Hackle: Pale blue
  • Throat: Jay
  • Wing: Mixed. Golden pheasant tippet in strands, strips of Golden Pheasant tail over. Scarlet, blue and yellow Swan, Florican, Bustard, Peacock wing and light, mottled Turkey tail. Teal and barred Summer Duck
  • Head: Scarlet wool

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Florican
  • Feather => Peacock : Feather - Wing
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Peacock

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook,1 1/4 to 2inches).
Tag: Silver thread and golden yellow floss.
Tail: A topping and tippet in strands.
Butt: Scarlet Berlin wool.
Body: Pale blue floss.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: A pale blue hackle.
Throat: Jay.
Wings: (As in Black Doctor, above.)
Head: Scarlet wool.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss
Golden yellow
Yellow      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
In strands
Natural
Butt Wool - Berlin Scarlet      
Body Floss Blue - pale      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Blue - pale      
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Natural
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
In strands
Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Wing
Strips over tippet
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Scarlet      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Blue      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Florican
Latin: Otididae
Cites
Feather Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Wing Natural
Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail
Light, mottled
Natural
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather - Flank Natural
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather - Flank Natural
Head Wool - Berlin Scarlet      

Materials in pattern

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