"Evening Star" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 211

Material

  • Hook: 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches
  • Tag: Silver thread, lemon floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping
  • Body: Black Seal's fur, picked out towards the shoulder
  • Hackle: Black
  • Throat: Deep blue
  • Wing: 3 pairs of Jungle Cock, back to back
  • Topping: 4-5 Golden pheasant topping

Cites list

This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.

Animal Substitutes
Jungle Cock

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches).
Tag: Silver thread and lemon floss.
Tail: A topping.
Body: Black Seal's fur (picked out towards the shoulder).
Hackle: A black hackle.
Throat: A deep blue hackle.
Wings: Three pairs of Jungle Cock feathers (back to back), each pair shorter than the preceding ; four or five toppings over.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss Lemon      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Body Seal Fur
Picked out towards shoulder
Black      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Black      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Deep blue
Blue      
Wing Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck
3 pairs, back to back
Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
4-5
Natural

Materials in pattern

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