Author | Francis, Francis |
Book | A Book on Angling |
Book Edition | N/A |
Page | 353 |
Tags | dee, |
Material
- Tag: Gold tinsel
- Tail: Golden pheasant rump
- Body: Half orange and half scarlet-red mohair, sparsely
- Rib: Broad gold tinsel
- Hackle: Stripped, on one side, sandy-red cock's hackle, large blue-grey heron hackle (should reach the bend of the hook)
- Throat: Teal
- Wing: Two strips of silver-grey mottled turkey
Original material
As written in the book:
Tag, gold tinsel; tail, gold pheasant rump; body, half orange and half scarlet-red mohair laid on sparely, of course; broadish gold tinsel also spare; hackle, first a stripped sandy-red cock's hackle (that is, only one side of it to be used, the other being stripped off), and on top of this, the large blue-grey hackle or feather from the heron's back and rump; the larger the better, they cannot be too large, as when the hackle is laid on the fibres are expected to extend from the very head to the farthest bend of the hook. It is an awkward feather to lay on, as are all heron's hackles, being very delicate. It should be tied in, to commence from as low down as it can be conveniently tied, so as to leave enough for a good thick brush from the head. In winding on the hackle if any of the
red hackle fibres under it be wound in, they must be picked out afterwards with the needle, and put in their proper position. At the shoulder, a teal hackle of course. Wings, two strips of silver-grey mottled turkey (the small mottled feather)
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
---|---|---|---|
Tag | Tinsel | Gold | |
Tail |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus Rump |
Feather | Natural |
Body | Other |
Mohair
1/2 body |
Orange |
Other |
Mohair
Scarlet-red. 1/2 body |
Scarlet | |
Rib |
Tinsel
Broad |
Gold | |
Hackle |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather
Sandy-red. Stripped on one side. |
Red |
Heron Latin: Family: Ardeidae |
Feather
Blue-grey, to bend of hook |
Gray | |
Throat |
Teal Latin: Anas crecca |
Feather | Natural |
Wing |
Turkey Latin: Genus: Meleagris |
Feather
Silver-grey mottled |
Gray |
Materials in pattern
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