"The Butcher" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 338

Material

  • Tag: Gold twist and dark orange floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping
  • Butt: Black ostrich herl
  • Body: Two or three turns of claret, medium blue and red pig's wool. The rest dark blue pig's wool
  • Rib: Broad silver tinsel
  • Hackle: Medium red claret hackle
  • Throat: Gallina
  • Wing: Tippet and gold pheasant rump-feather, over them strips of brown mallard, bustard, peacock wing, wood-duck, blue and yellow swan strips
  • 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
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Peacock

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, gold twist and dark orange floss; tail, one topping; but, black ostrich herl body, two or three turns of claret, ditto of medium blue, ditto of red, and the rest of dark blue pig's wool; broad silver tinsel; medium red cliaret hackle; gallina on shoulder under wing, a tippet and gold pheasant rump-feather, over them strips of brown mallard, bustard, peacock wing, wood-duck, and blue and yellow swan strips; black head.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel - Twist Gold      
Floss Orange - Dark      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Pig Wool
Two or three turns
Claret      
Pig Wool
Medium-blue, two or three turns
Blue      
Pig Wool
Two or three turns
Red      
Pig Wool Blue - Dark      
Rib Tinsel - Flat
Broad
Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Medium red-claret
Red      
Throat Guinea Feather Natural
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather
Rump
Natural
Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather
Strip
Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather
Strip
Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather - Wing
Strip
Natural
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather
Strip
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Strip
Blue      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Strip
Yellow      
Head Black      

Materials in pattern

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