"Helmsdale Doctor" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 218

Material

  • Hook: 1 1/4 to 3 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping and tippet in strands
  • Butt. Scarlet Berlin wool
  • Body: Flat silver
  • Rib: Fine oval
  • Throat: Lemon
  • Wing: Mixed. Peacock herl in strands. Scarlet, blue, orange yellow, and white Swan. Cinnamon and light mottled grey Turkey tail and Bustard
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping
  • Head: Scarlet Berlin wool

Cites list

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

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

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 1/4 to 3 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and tippet in strands.
Butt. Scarlet Berlin wool.
Body: Flat silver tinsel.
Ribs: Fine oval tinsel.
Throat: A lemon hackle.
Wings: Mixed Peacock herl in strands; "married " strands of scarlet, blue, orange yellow, and white Swan, cinnamon and light mottled grey Turkey tail and Bustard; a topping overall.
Head: Scarlet Berlin wool.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
In strands
Natural
Other Wool - Berlin Scarlet      
Body Tinsel - Flat Silver      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Silver      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Lemon      
Wing Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Herl
In strands
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Scarlet      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Blue      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Orange      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing White      
Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail Cinnamon      
Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail
Light, mottled
Gray      
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Head Floss Scarlet      

Materials in pattern

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