"No.3 Winter Brown" by Pritt, Thomas Evan

Author Pritt, Thomas Evan
Book North-Country flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 23
A favourite early fly on all the Yorkshire rivers, killing well on wild, windy days in March and April. The wings assume a lighter shade in the course of ten days after its first appearance on the water

Material

  • Body: Orange silk
  • Wing: Woodcock wing, inside
  • Head: Peacock herl

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Peacock

Original material

As written in the book:

WlNGS. Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock's wing.
BODY. Orange silk not too bright.
HEAD. Peacock herl.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Body Thread - Silk Orange      
Wing Woodcock Feather - Wing
Inside of wing
Natural
Head Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Herl Natural

Materials in pattern

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