"River Tweed: No.11" by Blacker, William

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

Material

  • Hook: No. 8, 9, and b b, Limerick
  • Body: 1/2 yellow, 1/2 sky blue floss silk
  • Rib: Round gold and flat silver
  • Hackle: Small spotted guinea hen from center
  • Throat: Partridge rump feather and Blue Jay
  • Wing: Golden pheasant tail, tippet, body, topping. Peacock wing and tail, bustard, cock of the rock, green parrot, macaw, trojan, silver pheasant, argus pheasant (two fibres of each). Teal
  • Sides: Kingfisher
  • Head: Black ostrich
  • Tail: Two golden pheasant toppings

Cites list

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

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

Original material

As written in the book:

Body - half yellow and sky blue floss silk (the blue next the head), ribbed with round gold and flat silver. Legs - a, small spotted guinea hen struck on at the centre of the body up, with a partridge rump feather, and blue jay rolled on at the trottle. Wings - golden pheasant tail, neck, body, crest, peacock wing and tail, bustard, cock of the rock, green parrot, macaw, trojan, silver pheasant, argus pheasant, with king-fisher each side (two fibres of each) teal. Head - black ostrich. Tail - two toppings of the golden pheasant. Hook No. 8, 9, and b b, Limerick.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Body Silk
1/2 body
Yellow      
Silk
1/2 body
Blue - Skye      
Rib Tinsel
Round
Gold      
Tinsel - Flat Silver      
Hackle Guinea Feather
Small spotted. From center
Natural
Throat Partridge
Latin: Family: Phasianidae Rump
Feather Natural
Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Body Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Wing
Two fibers
Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Tail
Two fibers
Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather
Two fibers
Natural
Cock of the rock Feather
Two fibers
Natural
Parrot
Latin: Order: Psittaciformes
Cites
Feather
Two fibers
Green      
Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather
Two fibers
Natural
Trojan Feather
Two fibers
Natural
Pheasant - Silver
Latin: Lophura nycthemera
Feather
Two fibers
Natural
Pheasant - Argus
Latin: Argusianus argus
Feather
Two fibers
Natural
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather Natural
Sides Kingfisher
Latin: Alcedo atthis
Feather Blue      
Head Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural

Materials in pattern

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