Author | Francis, Francis |
Book | A Book on Angling |
Book Edition | N/A |
Page | 352 |
Also known as Red Wing |
|
Tags | dee, |
Material
- Tag: Silver tinsel
- Tail: Golden pheasant saddle
- Body: Sparsely dressed. 1/3 orange-yellow, 2/3 claret, or light purple claret, mohair
- Rib: Broad silver tinsel in long spirals
- Hackle: One or two large black heron, from yellow mohair
- Throat: Teal
- Wings: Two good strips of swallow-tailed gled, or red dun turkey
Original material
As written in the book:
Tag, silver tinsel; tail, gold pheasant saddle; body, one-third orange-yellow, and two-thirds claret, or light purple claret mohair, dressed very sparely; broadish silver tinsel laid on rather thinly and in long spirals; black heron's hackle of the largest size, or two, if one will not go far enough, dressed down to the yellow mohair; they must be of the longest fibre, the longer the better; teal hackle on the shoulder, without which no Dee fly is thought complete; wings, two good strips of swallow-tailed gled of the longest fibre, or of red dun turkey of the like colour
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
---|---|---|---|
Tag | Tinsel | Silver | |
Tail |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Saddle | Natural |
Body | Other |
Mohair
1/3 body, orange-yellow |
Orange |
Other |
Mohair
2/3 body, or light purple-claret |
Claret | |
Rib |
Tinsel
Broad, long spirals |
Silver | |
Hackle |
Heron Latin: Family: Ardeidae |
Feather
From yellow |
Black |
Throat |
Teal Latin: Anas crecca |
Feather | Natural |
Other |
Gled Latin: Milvus milvus |
Feather
Two strips. Or red dun turkey |
Natural |
Materials in pattern
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