"The Findhorn No.7" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 377
Tags riverfindhorn,

Material

  • Hook: No. 5
  • Tag: Gold thread
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, guinea
  • Body: Pig's wool: one turn orange yellow, two light claret red, two medium blue, three clarety red, three orange-yellow
  • Rib: Broad gold tinsel
  • Hackle: Dark purple
  • Throat: Black, blue jay
  • Wing: One golden pheasant tippet, reaching half the length of wing. Mixed: golden pheasant tail, mallard, guinea, bright bustard, long tippet, yellow and claret swan, several blue macaw strands
  • Head: Black

Cites list

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

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, gold thread; tail, a topping, and some gal-lina; body, one turn of orange yellow pig's wool, then two light claret red, two of medium blue, three of clarety red, and the same of orange-yellow; broadish gold tinsel dark purple hackle, black hackle at shoulder, blue jay over it; wing, one tippet (half the length of wing), mixed gold pheasant tail, mallard, a little gallina, a little bright bustard, a few sprigs of long tippet, and of yellow and claret swan, and several blue macaw sprigs; black head; no collar. Hook, No. 5.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Thread Gold      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Guinea Feather Natural
Body Pig Wool
Orange yellow
Yellow      
Pig Wool
Two turns
Claret - light
Pig Wool
Medium blue, two turns
Blue      
Pig Wool
Three turns
Claret      
Pig Wool
Orange yellow, three turns
Yellow      
Rib Tinsel
Broad
Gold      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Purple - dark
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Black      
Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
One tippet, half the length of the wing
Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather Natural
Guinea Feather Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather
Bright
Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
Lon
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Claret      
Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather Blue      
Head Black      

Materials in pattern

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