"Black Goldfinch" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 237

Material

  • Hook: 1 1 3/4 inches
  • Tag: Silver, deep orange silk
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, Indian Crow
  • Butt: Black herl
  • Body: Black floss
  • Rib: Oval gold
  • Hackle: Golden olive
  • Throat: Blue Jay
  • Wing: Golden pheasant tippet in strands, orange Swan set upright
  • Cheeks: Indian Crow
  • Topping: Two or three Golden pheasant toppings
  • Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 1 3/4 inches).
Tag: Silver thread and deep orange silk.
Tail: A topping and Indian Crow.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: Black floss.
Ribs: Oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: A golden olive hackle.
Throat: Jay.
Wings: Tippet in strands, covered by strips of orange Swan(set upright).
Cheeks: Indian Crow; two or three toppings over all.
Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Silk
Deep oranger
Orange      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Indian Crow
Latin: Pyroderus scutatus
Feather Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Floss Black      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Golden olive
Olive      
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
In strands
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Set upright
Orange      
Other Indian Crow
Latin: Pyroderus scutatus
Feather Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
Two or three
Natural
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail
Blue and yellow
Blue      

Materials in pattern

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