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
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 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 |
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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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