Author | Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin |
Book | How to Dress Salmon Flies |
Book Edition | N/A |
Page | 229 |
Material
- Hook: 1 1/2 to 3 inches
- Tag: Silver
- Tail: Goilden pheasant topping and tippet in strands
- Body: 1/2 light orange Seal's fur, 1/2 black floss
- Rib: Oval silver tinsel over orange, flat silver and twist over black
- Hackle: Lemon over the orange, black Heron over black
- Throat: Teal
- Wing: Cinnamon Turkey tail strips set flat
- Cheeks: Jungle Cock, drooping
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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Jungle Cock |
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Original material
As written in the book:
(hook,1 1/2 to3inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and tippet in strands.
Body: First half, light orange Seal's fur; second half, black floss.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel over the orange Seal's fur; flat silver tinsel and twist over black floss.
Hackle: A lemon hackle over the orange Seal's fur; a black Heron's hackle over the black floss.
Throat: Teal
Wings: A pair of cinnamon Turkey tail strips (set flat). White Turkey tail strips are often used, as in Plate VI., in which case the pattern is known as the white-winged Akroyd.
Cheeks: Jungle Cock (drooping).
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
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Tag | Tinsel | Silver | |
Tail |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Head | Natural |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Neck
In strands |
Natural | |
Body | Seal |
Fur
1/2 body |
Orange - light |
Floss
1/2 body |
Black | ||
Rib |
Tinsel - Oval
Over orange |
Silver | |
Tinsel - Flat
Over black |
Silver | ||
Tinsel - Twist
Over black |
Silver | ||
Hackle |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather - Neck
Over orange |
Lemon |
Heron Latin: Family: Ardeidae |
Feather
Over black |
Black | |
Throat |
Teal Latin: Anas crecca |
Feather - Flank | Natural |
Wing |
Turkey Latin: Genus: Meleagris |
Feather - Tail
Set flat |
Cinnamon |
Other |
Jungle Cock Latin: Gallus sonneratii Cites |
Feather - Neck
Drooping |
Natural |
Materials in pattern
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