"Tricolor" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 231

Material

  • Hook: 1 1/2 to 3 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping and the tip of a breast feather
  • Body: Pale yellow, light blue and scarlet Seal's fur
  • Rib: Flat silver and twist
  • Hackle: Grey Heron from third turn of silver
  • Throat: Teal
  • Wing: Cinnamon Turkey tail strips set flat

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 1/2 to 3 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and the tip of a Golden Pheasant's breast feather.
Body: Pale yellow, light blue and scarlet Seal's fur in equal sections.
Ribs: Flat silver tinsel and twist.
Hackle: A grey Heron's hackle from third turn of tinsel.
Throat: Teal.
Wings: (As in Akroyd.)

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Chest
Tip of feather
Natural
Body Seal Fur
Pale yellow
Yellow      
Seal Fur Blue - Light      
Seal Fur Scarlet      
Rib Tinsel - Flat Silver      
Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Hackle Heron
Latin: Family: Ardeidae
Feather
From third turn of silver
Gray      
Throat Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather - Flank Natural
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail
Set flat
Cinnamon      

Materials in pattern

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