Author | Francis, Francis |
Book | A Book on Angling |
Book Edition | N/A |
Page | 375 |
Tags | riverfindhorn, |
Material
- Hook: No. 2 or 3
- Tag: Gold thread, puce floss
- Tail: Golden pheasant topping and tippet, kingfisher
- Butt: Black ostrich
- Body: Lightish claret floss
- Rib: Silver tinsel, gold twist. Spaced eaqually from eachother
- Hackle: Light claret
- Throat: Blue jay
- Underwing: Two large golden pheasant tippet
- Wing: Gold pheasant tail, red and blue macaw, slips of gled and dark bustard
- Sides: Blue macaw tips, nearly half the length of the wing
- Head: Orange mohair, wound like a hackle
Cites list
This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.
Animal | Substitutes |
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Macaw |
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Kori Bustard |
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Original material
As written in the book:
Tag, gold thread and puce floss; tail, a good-sized topping, some tippet, and a kingfisher feather; but, black ostrich; body, lightish claret floss: silver tinsel and gold twist (not together but equidistant); hackle, light claret, blue jay at shoulder; wing, two large tippet feathers, almost the full length of the wing, over it sprigs of gold pheasant tail, a good many sprigs of both red and blue macaw, slips of gled and dark bustard; on either shoulder, nearly half the length of the wing, the tips of two blue macaw feathers; the head is composed of orange mohair, set out like a hackle, and forming a ruff. Most of the Findhorn flies are mounted in this way, and it makes them very conspicuous. In some Sir Alexander used the soft silky Pinna marina and it has a very striking effect. The hook of this fly i sa No. 2 or 3
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
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Tag | Thread | Gold | |
Floss
Puce |
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Tail |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Head | Natural |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Neck | Natural | |
Kingfisher Latin: Alcedo atthis |
Feather | Blue | |
Butt |
Ostrich Latin: Struthio camelus |
Herl | Black |
Body | Floss | Claret - light | |
Rib | Tinsel | Silver | |
Tinsel - Twist
Equal distance between silver and gold |
Gold | ||
Hackle |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather - Neck | Claret - light |
Throat | Blue Jay | Feather - Wing | Blue |
Other |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Neck
Two large |
Natural |
Wing |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Tail | Natural |
Macaw Latin: Tribe: Arini Cites |
Feather | Red | |
Macaw Latin: Tribe: Arini Cites |
Feather | Blue | |
Gled Latin: Milvus milvus |
Feather
Slip |
Natural | |
Kori Bustard Latin: Ardeotis kori Cites |
Feather
Dark |
Natural | |
Sides |
Macaw Latin: Tribe: Arini Cites |
Feather
Tips, half the length of the wing |
Blue |
Head | Other |
Mohair
Tied in like hackle |
Black |
Materials in pattern
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