"Blue Charm" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 200

Material

  • Hook: 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches
  • Tag: Silver thread, golden yellow floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping
  • Butt: Black herl
  • Body: Black floss
  • Rib: Oval silver tinsel
  • Throat: Deep blue
  • Wing: Mottled brown Turkey tail, set upright. Narrow strips of Teal along the upper edge
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping

Original material

As written in the book:

Hook, 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches
Tag: Silver thread and golden yellow floss.
Tail: A topping.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: Black floss.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel.
Throat: A deep blue hackle.
Wings: Mottled brown Turkey tail strips (set upright) and narrow strips of Teal along the upper edge; a topping over.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss Yellow - Golden      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Floss Black      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Silver      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Blue - Dark      
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail
Mottled brown, set upright
Brown      
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather - Flank
Along the upper edge of turkey
Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural

Materials in pattern

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