Author | Francis, Francis |
Book | A Book on Angling |
Book Edition | N/A |
Page | 347 |
Tags | rivercree, |
Material
- Tail: Small golden pheasant topping and red parrot body
- Body: Dark cinnamon brown
- Rib: Thin gold tinsel doubled
- Hackle: Brown-red
- Throat: Black
- Wing: Brown mallard
Cites list
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Animal | Substitutes |
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Parrot |
Original material
As written in the book:
Tail and tinsel as before; body, dark cinnamon brown (darker than cinnamon); hackle the same shade, shoulder hackle black; wing, brown mallard.
¨Before: Tail, a small topping and tuft of red parrot body, yellow-orange merging into scarlet and claret for half the body ; the upper half black pig's wool, dressed roughish ; hackle brown-red, with plenty of black hackle on shoulder ; thin gold tinsel doubled ; wing, turkey dun
with lightish tips.
Hook: 8 to 12
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
---|---|---|---|
Tail |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Head | Natural |
Parrot Latin: Order: Psittaciformes Cites |
Feather - Body | Red | |
Body | Brown | ||
Rib |
Tinsel
Thin, doubled |
Gold | |
Hackle |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather - Neck
Brown-red |
Brown |
Throat |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather - Neck | Black |
Wing |
Mallard Latin: Anas platyrhynchos |
Feather | Brown |
Materials in pattern
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