"Dunt" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

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 thread, pale blue floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, Jungle Cock back to back
  • Body: Yellow, orange and fiery brown Seal's fur. Dressed thin, well picked out
  • Ribs: Flat silver and twist
  • Hackle: Black Heron from third turn of silver
  • Throat: Teal
  • Wing: Brown Turkey tail with black bars and white tips, set flat
  • Cheeks: Jungle Cock, drooping

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Jungle Cock

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 1/2 to 3 inches).
Tag: Silver thread and pale blue floss.
Tail: A topping and a pair of Jungle Cock feathers (back to back).
Body: Yellow, orange and fiery brown Seal's fur in equal sections (dressed thin, but well picked out).
Ribs: Flat silver tinsel and twist.
Hackle: A black Heron's hackle from third turn of tinsel.
Throat: Teal.
Wings: A pair of brown Turkey tail strips, with black bars and white tips (set flat),
Cheeks: Jungle Cock (drooping).

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss Blue - pale      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck
Back to back
Natural
Body Seal Fur
Dressed thin, well picked out
Yellow      
Seal Fur
Dressed thin, well picked out
Orange      
Seal Fur
Dressed thin, well picked out
Brown - fiery
Other Tinsel - Flat Silver      
Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Hackle Heron
Latin: Family: Ardeidae
Feather
From third turn of silver
Black      
Throat Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather - Flank Natural
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail
With black bars and white tips, set flat
Brown      
Other Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck
Drooping
Natural

Materials in pattern

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