| Author | Francis, Francis |
| Book | A Book on Angling |
| Book Edition | N/A |
| Page | 344 |
| Tags | rivertweed, |
Material
- Hook: From No. 5 to 10.
- Tail: Golden pheasant topping and fibers of tippet
- Body: Light orange, red-claret, darkish blue (lightly picked out) and black pig's wool in equal parts
- Rib: Broad silver tinsel
- Hackle: Black, from red wool
- Wings: two strips of dun brown turkey.
Original material
As written in the book:
Tail, one topping and sprigs of tippet; body, light orange, red-claret, darkish blue and black pig's wool in about equal portions merging into each other; broadish silver tinsel; black hackle down to the red wool, a few fibres of the blue wool picked out at the breast; wings, two strips from the dun brown feather sometimes found in the tail of a turkey. This fly is a general favourite on the Kircudbrightshire Dee, the Annan, and Nith; and, dressed on a long large hook, it is good on the Tay and many other streams besides. Size, from 5 or 6 to 9 or 10.
Long material list
| Part | Material | Type | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tail |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Head | Natural |
|
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Neck | Natural | |
| Body | Pig | Wool | Orange - light |
| Pig | Wool | Claret-red | |
| Pig |
Wool
Lightly picked out |
Blue - Dark | |
| Pig | Wool | Black | |
| Rib |
Tinsel
Broad |
Silver | |
| Hackle |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather - Neck
From red wool |
Black |
| Other |
Turkey Latin: Genus: Meleagris |
Feather
Dun brown |
Brown |
Materials in pattern
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