"Avon Eagle" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 207

Material

  • Hook: 2 to 3 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, Golden Pheasant's breast feather tip, best side under
  • Body: Lemon, bright orange, scarlet and fiery brown Seal's fur. Dressed sparesly, picked out
  • Rib: Broad silver and twist
  • Hackle: Yellow Eagle, one side stripped
  • Throat: Widgeon
  • Wing: Pair of Golden Pheasant sword feathers (back to back)
  • Sides: Jungle Cock
  • Topping: Two or three Golden pheasant toppings

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Eagle
Jungle Cock

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook,2 to 3 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and the tip of a Golden Pheasant's breast feather (best side under).
Body: Lemon, bright orange, scarlet and fiery brown Seal's fur in equal sections (dressed spare, but picked out).
Ribs: Broad silver tinsel and twist.
Hackle: An Eagle's hackle (one side stripped) dyed yellow.
Throat: Widgeon.
Wings: A pair of Golden Pheasant sword feathers (back to back).
Sides: Jungle Cock; two or three toppings over.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Chest
Best side under
Natural
Body Seal Fur Lemon      
Seal Fur
Bright orange
Orange      
Seal Fur Scarlet      
Seal Fur
Body dressed sparesly, picked out
Brown - fiery
Rib Tinsel
Broad
Silver      
Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Hackle Eagle
Latin: Accipitridae
Cites
Feather
One side stripped
Yellow      
Throat Widgeon
Latin: Genus: Mareca
Feather - Flank Natural
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail
One pair, back to back
Natural
Sides Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
Two or three
Natural

Materials in pattern

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