"The Laxford: The Lascelles" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 364
Tags riverlaxford,

Material

  • Hook: No. 9 and 10
  • Tag: Silver twist, lemon-yellow floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, teal and powder blue macaw
  • Butt: Black ostrich herl
  • Body: First half lemon-yellow floss, second half lemon-yellow pig's wool
  • Rib: Silver twist, with black silk beside it,
  • Hackle: Fiery brown,
  • Throat: Speckled guinea
  • Wing: Golden pheasant rump and a saddle feather, strands of golden pheasant tail, florican, yellow and blue strands of swan, a few fibres of golden pheasant sword feather, broad guinea over all
  • 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
Macaw
Florican
  • Feather => Peacock : Feather - Wing

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, silver twist, and lemon-yellow floss; tail, a topping teal and powder Hue macaw sprigs but, black ostrich herl; body, half lemon-yellow floss, and half pig's wool of the same colour; silver twist, with black silk beside it, as in the Colonel; hackle, claretty brown (this, as in the case of No. 4 in the Lochy list, is what I consider fiery brown, only I fear the fate of poor Martin Kelly if I attempt to decide this awful shade of mystery), speckled gallina on shoulder; wing, a gold pheasant rump and a saddle feather, sprigs of gold pheas-ant tail, and Florican, yellow and blue sprigs, with a few fibres of gold pheasant sword feather, over all a good slice of gallina; head black. Size, 9 and 1 0.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Floss
Lemon-yellow
Yellow      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather Natural
Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather Blue - Powder      
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Floss
Lemon-yellow, 1/2 body
Yellow      
Pig Wool
Lemon-yellow, 1/2 body
Yellow      
Rib Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Silk
Next to twist
Black      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Brown - fiery
Throat Guinea Feather Natural
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus Rump
Feather Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Saddle Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail
Strand
Amber      
Florican
Latin: Otididae
Cites
Feather
Strand
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Strand
Yellow      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Strand
Blue      
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus Sword
Feather
A few fibers
Natural
Guinea Feather
Broad, over wing
Natural
Head Black      

Materials in pattern

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