Author | Blacker, William |
Book | The Art of Angling |
Book Edition | December 8th 1843 |
Page | 73 |
Material
- Hook: No.9
- Body: Bright yellow-green silk or mohair
- Rib: Gold twist, flat silver tinsel
- Tail: golden pheasant topping, long.
- Hackle: Bright yellow-green, from tail, Optional golden plover back feather
- Throat: Blue Jay
- Wings: Two golden pheasant tippets, two golden pheasant toppings, slightly longer than the rest of the wing. Golden pheasant tail on the side. Two fibres of: peacock sword feather, yellow and blue macaw, argus pheasant, peacock's wing, silver pheasant and bustard
Cites list
This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.
Animal | Substitutes |
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Peacock |
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Macaw |
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Kori Bustard |
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Original material
As written in the book:
Body - very gaudy, of bright yellow-green silk or mohair, ribbed with gold twist, and flat silver tinsel. Tail - golden pheasant topping, long. Legs - a bright yellow-green dyed hackle, from the tail up (jay feather at the shoulder). Wings two neck feathers of the golden pheasant, sprigged each side with the tail two toppings and feather of the same bird, sword feather of the peacock, yellow and blue macaw feelers, argus pheasant, peacock's wing, silver pheasant and bustard's feathers, two fibres of each (let the two toppings extend two-eighths of an inch longer than the other sprigging, except the two fibres of blue and yellow macaw tail feather). It may be made with the golden plover back feather for hackle, Hook No. 9.
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
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Body |
Silk
Yellow-green. Or mohair |
Yellow | |
Rib | Tinsel - Twist | Gold | |
Tinsel - Flat | Silver | ||
Tail |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Head
Long |
Natural |
Hackle |
Feather
Yellow-green. Optional golden plover |
Yellow | |
Throat | Blue Jay | Feather - Wing | Blue |
Wing |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Neck
Two |
Natural |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Head
Two |
Natural | |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Tail
On side of tippet |
Natural | |
Peacock Latin: Pavo cristatus Cites Sword |
Feather
Two fibers |
Natural | |
Macaw Latin: Tribe: Arini Cites |
Feather - Tail
Yellow-blue. Two fibers |
Yellow | |
Pheasant - Argus Latin: Argusianus argus |
Feather
Two fibers |
Natural | |
Peacock Latin: Pavo cristatus Cites |
Feather - Wing
Two fibers |
Natural | |
Pheasant - Silver Latin: Lophura nycthemera |
Natural
Two fibers |
Natural | |
Kori Bustard Latin: Ardeotis kori Cites |
Feather
Two fibers |
Natural |
Materials in pattern
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