Author	Blacker, William
Book	The Art of Angling
Book Edition	December 8th 1843
Page	92

Material

• Hook No. 9, Limerick
• Tail: Golden pheasant topping
• Tip: Gold
• Body: Orange pig hair, tapered full to the shoulder
• Rib: Flat tinsel
• Hackle: Orange from tail up
• Throat: Dark blue. Blue Jay round the head
• Wing: Golden pheasant neck, tail and crest, peacock wing, teal, and guinea hen, bustard, light spotted turkey
• Sides: Kingfisher
• Horns: Blue macaw
• Head: Black
  

Original material

As written in the book:

Body - orange pig hair, gold tip, and ribbed with flat tinsel, (all these should be taper, full to the shoulder). Legs - orange hackle from the tail up, dark blue at the shoulder, jay round the head. Wings - golden pheasant neck, tail, and crest, peacock wing, teal, and guinea hen, bustard, and light spotted turkey, blue macaw fibres each side, with kingfisher feathers, black head. Tail - golden pheasant crest. Hook No. 9, Limerick.