"Toppy" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 206

Material

  • Hook: 1 to 1 1/2 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, Indian Crow
  • Butt: Claret Seal's fur
  • Body: 1/2 deep red, 1/2 black floss. Joint separator: Crimson hackle
  • Rib: Oval silver
  • Throat: Black
  • Wing: Bronze white-tipped Turkey tail, set upright

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 to 1 1/2 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and Indian Crow.
Butt: Claret Seal's fur.
Body: First half, deep red floss butted with a crimson hackle; second half, black floss.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel.
Throat: A black hackle.
Wings: Bronze white-tipped Turkey tail strips (set upright).

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 Seal Fur
1
Claret      
Rib Tinsel  
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck  
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Indian Crow
Latin: Pyroderus scutatus
Feather Natural
Butt Seal Fur
1
Claret      
Body Floss
1/2 body, deep red
Red      
Chicken - Hen
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Joint separator
Crimson      
Floss
1/2 body
Black      
Rib Tinsel - Oval Silver      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Black      
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail
White-tipped
Bronze

Materials in pattern

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