"River Tweed: No.6" by Blacker, William

Author Blacker, William
Book The Art of Angling
Book Edition December 8th 1843
Page 101

Material

  • Hook: No, 6 to 9, Limerick,
  • Tip: Gold
  • Tag: Puce
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, or cock of the rock
  • Body: Orange, blue, then yellow silk. Rest of body claret, then black pig's wool by the wing
  • Rib: Gold and silver twist
  • Hackle: Large black cock, from claret pig's wool
  • Throat: Blue Jay
  • Wing: Golden pheasant tippet and tail, brown turkey tail, teal, guinea hen, brown mallard, yellow-green parrot tail, bustard and peacock wing
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping or cock of the rock
  • Sides: Blue kingfisher
  • Horns: Macaw
  • Head: Black

Cites list

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

Animal Substitutes
Parrot
  • Feather - Tail => Swan : Feather - Wing
  • Feather - Tail => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Peacock
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

Body - gold tip tag of puce, orange, then blue, then yellow silk, then claret pig hair, and black at the shoulder, ribbed with gold and silver twist. Legs - a large dyed black cock hackle, struck on from the claret pig hair up, blue jay at trottle. Wings - golden pheasant neck and tail feathers, brown turkey tail, teal, guinea hen, brown mallard, macaw feeler, and blue kingfisher each side, a golden pheasant topping in the centre, or cock of the rock feather, broken, with yellow-green parrot tail, bustard, and peacock wing. Black head. Tail - golden pheasant crest, or cock of the rock. Hook, No, 6 to 9, Limerick,

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tip Tinsel Gold      
Tag Silk
Puce
 
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
Or Cock of the rock
Natural
Body Silk Orange      
Silk Blue      
Silk Yellow      
Pig Wool Claret      
Pig Wool
By the wing
Black      
Rib Tinsel - Twist Gold      
Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather
Large, from claret pig's wool
Black      
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail Brown      
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather Natural
Guinea Feather Natural
Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather Brown      
Parrot
Latin: Order: Psittaciformes
Cites
Feather - Tail
Yellow-green
Yellow      
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Wing Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
Or Cock of the rock
Natural
Sides Kingfisher
Latin: Alcedo atthis
Feather Blue      
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail
Yellow-blue
Blue      
Head Black      

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