"The Thurso: Switching Sandy" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 363
Tags riverthurso,

Material

  • Tag: Silver tinsel, light orange-red floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping and tippet
  • Butt: Black ostrich herl
  • Body: Three turns of dark blue, two of yellow-green floss. Blue-green wool
  • Rib: Gold tinsel
  • Hackle: Light yellow-green hackle
  • Throat: Blue-green on shoulder
  • Wing: Golden pheasant tail, natural and pink, brown mallard, wood-duck and Florican. Blue and yellow-green swan
  • Head: Black

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Florican
  • Feather => Peacock : Feather - Wing

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, silver tinsel and light orange-red floss; tail, a topping and tippet sprigs; but, black ostrich herl; body, three turns of dark blue floss, two. of yellow-green floss, the rest of rather a blue-green wool gold tinsel; light yellow-green hackle with a darker blue-green on shoulder; wing, gold pheasant tail, the same dyed pinkish, shreds of brown mallard, wood-duck and Florican, blue and yellow-green swan sprigs; black head.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss
Light orange-red
Red      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Floss
Three turns
Blue - Dark      
Floss
Yellow-green, two turns
Green      
Wool
Blue-green
Green      
Rib Tinsel Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Light yellow-green
Green      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Blue-green
Green      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Pink      
Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather Brown      
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather Natural
Florican
Latin: Otididae
Cites
Feather Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Blue      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Yellow-green
Green      
Head Black      

Materials in pattern

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