"River Tweed: No.10" by Blacker, William

Author Blacker, William
Book The Art of Angling
Book Edition December 8th 1843
Page 103

Material

  • Hook: b, bb, or No, 9, Limerick
  • Tail: Small golden pheasant topping, veiled with kingfisher
  • Tag: Yellow
  • Body: Bronze peacock tail, tapered. Yellow
  • Rib: Flat gold
  • Hackle: Black cock, from center up
  • Throat: Two turns of small spotted guinea
  • Wing: Peacock sword, one or two toppings in the centre
  • Head: Bronze herl

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Peacock

Original material

As written in the book:

Body - bronze colour peacock tail feather, rolled from the tail up, taper, ribbed with flat gold, yellow tag at tail and shoulder. Legs - black cock hackle, struck from the centre up, with two rolls of a small spotted guinea hen back feather. Wings - sword feather of the peacock tail, with a topping in the centre (two toppings would suit better). Head - bronze harl. Tail a small topping, and blue kingfisher at the root. - Hook b, b b, or No, 9, Limerick.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
Small
Natural
Kingfisher
Latin: Alcedo atthis
Feather
Veiling for topping
Blue      
Tag Silk Yellow      
Body Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Tail
Tapered
Bronze
Pig Wool Yellow      
Rib Tinsel - Flat Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
From center
Black      
Throat Guinea Feather
Small spotted, two turns
Natural
Wing Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Swords
Feather Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
One or two
Natural
Head Herl Bronze

Materials in pattern

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