"Half Yellow and Black" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 239

Material

  • Hook: 1 to 1 3/4 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, Indian Crow
  • Butt: Black herl
  • Body: 1/2 golden, 1/2 black floss
  • Rib: Oval gold
  • Hackle: Dark claret hackle over black floss
  • Throat: Blue Jay
  • Wing: Mixed. Golden pheasant tippet in strands. Scarlet, yellow, and orange Swan. Bustard and Golden Pheasant tail
  • Roof: Brown Mallard
  • Horns: Blue and yellow Macaw
  • Head: Black herl

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 to 1 3/4 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and Indian Crow.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: First half, golden yellow floss; second half, black floss.
Ribs: Oval gold tinsel.
Hackle: A dark claret hackle over black floss.
Throat: Jay.
Wings: Mixed - tippet in strands; "married" strands of scarlet, yellow, and orange Swan, Bustard, and Golden Pheasant tail; brown Mallard strips over.
Horns: Blue and yellow Macaw.
Head: Black herl.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
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
Golden, 1/2 body
Gold      
Floss
1/2 body
Black      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Over black
Claret - dark
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
In strands
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Scarlet      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Orange      
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Roof Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather - Shoulder Brown      
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail
Blue and yellow
Blue      
Head Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      

Materials in pattern

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