"The Durham Ranger" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 343
Tags tweed,

Material

  • Tag: Silver tinsel and gold floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping
  • Butt: Two turns of black herl
  • Body: Two turns of light-orange floss, two turns of: dark-orange, claret, black pig's wool. The black wool to be picked out at the breast.
  • Hackle: Over the pig's wool: a coch-y-bondu hackle dyed bright red-orange and two turns of black hackle
  • Throat: Light blue
  • Wing: Pair of long jungle-cock in the centre. Double golden pheasant tippets on either side
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping
  • Horns: Blue macaw
  • Cheek: Kingfisher

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
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, silver tinsel and gold floss; tail, one topping; but, two turns of black herl; body, two turns of light-orange floss, then two of dark-orange, of claret, and black pig's wool, respectively - according to the size of the fly the turns may of course be increased or lessened; the black wool to be picked out at the breast. Over the whole of the wool a coch-y-bondu hackle (red with black centre), stained a bright red-orange, two turns of black hackle over it, and a light blue hackle on the shoulder; wing, a pair of longish jungle-cock in centre, double tippets on either side, one topping over all; blue macaw ribs, and a kingfisher feather on either cheek.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss Gold      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Butt Herl Black      
Body Floss
Two turns
Orange - light
Pig Wool
Two turns
Orange - Dark      
Pig Wool
Two turns
Claret      
Pig Wool
Two turns
Black      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Coch-y-bonddhu
Bright red-orange
Red      
Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Two turns
Black      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Blue - Light      
Wing Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck
Long
Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
Two pairs, over JC
Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail Blue      
Cheek Kingfisher
Latin: Alcedo atthis
Feather Blue      

Materials in pattern

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