"River Erene: No.3" by Blacker, William

Author Blacker, William
Book The Art of Angling
Book Edition December 8th 1843
Page 105

Material

  • Hook: No. 9, bb, Limerick
  • Tail: Red tipped golden pheasant topping
  • Body: Lilac floss silk
  • Rib: Double gold twist
  • Hackle: French partridge back or breast feather, from the center of the body
  • Throat: Blue Jay
  • Wing: 6 fibers of golden pheasant tippet, brown mallard, pheasant tail, argus pheasant, bustard, teal, guinea hen, trojan
  • Topping: One or two golden pheasant topping
  • Horns: Macaw
  • Sides: King-fisher
  • Head: Bronze pheasant herl

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

Body - lilac floss silk, ribbed with double gold twist. Legs - French partridge back or breast feather, struck on from the centre of the body up ; blue jay rolled on at the trottle. Wings - half a dozen fibres of golden pheasant neck, the same quantity of brown mallard, pheasant tail, argus pheasant, bustard, teal, guinea hen, trojan, with one or two golden pheasant crests tied on the top, and extending a quarter of an inch over the others, a king-fisher each side, with macaw tail feelers. Tail - red tipped topping. Head - a bronze pheasant harl. Hook No. 9, b b, Limerick.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
Red-tipped
Natural
Body Floss - Silk
Lilac
 
Rib Tinsel - Twist
Double
Gold      
Hackle Partridge
Latin: Family: Phasianidae French
Feather
Back or breast. From center
Natural
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
6 fibers
Natural
Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather
6 fibers
Brown      
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail
6 fibers
Natural
Pheasant - Argus
Latin: Argusianus argus
Feather
6 fibers
Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather
6 fibers
Natural
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather
6 fibers
Natural
Guinea Feather
6 fibers
Natural
Trojan Feather
6 fibers
Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head
One or two
Natural
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail
Blue and yellow
Blue      
Sides Kingfisher
Latin: Alcedo atthis
Feather Blue      
Head Pheasant Herl Bronze

Materials in pattern

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