"The Tay: A Black Wasp" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 380

Material

  • Tag: Gold tinsel
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, orange or dirty red wool
  • Body: 1/2 dirty yellow, 1/2 black wool
  • Rib: 1/2 embossed gold tinsel, 1/2 silver tinsel
  • Hackle: 1/2 dirty yellow olive;, 1/2 black
  • Throat: Blue jay
  • Wing: Golden pheasant tail, bustard, claret and orange swan, golden pheasant ruff
  • Sides: Pintail
  • Cheek: Short jungle-cock
  • Heads: Black

Cites list

This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.

Animal Substitutes
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Jungle Cock

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag and tail as before; body, half dirty yellow wool ribbed over with gold tinsel embossed; hackled with a sort of dirty yellow olive; the other half black wool ribbed with silver tinsel, and with a black hackle and jay at shoulder; wing as before, only with shortish jungle-cock instead of wood-duck. Black head.

Before: They have gold tinsel tags; tails with a topping, and a twitch of orange or dirty red wool

gold pheasant tail, bustard, claret, and orange swan, gold pheasant ruff, pintail, a slip of wood-duck either side

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Gold      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Wool
Or dirty red
Orange      
Body Wool
Dirty yellow, 1/2 body
Yellow      
Wool
1/2 body
Black      
Rib Tinsel - Embossed
1/2 body
Gold      
Tinsel
1/2 body
Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Yellow olive, 1/2 body
Olive      
Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Black      
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Claret      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Orange      
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus Ruff
Feather Natural
Sides Pintail
Latin: Anas acuta
Feather Natural
Cheek Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck Natural
Other Black      

Materials in pattern

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