"The Tay: The Sannon" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 381

Material

  • Tag: Silver tinsel
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping
  • Butt: Black ostrich
  • Body: Yellow-orange, pink, claret, blue and medium blue floss silk (medium blue twice the length of blue)
  • Rib: Broad silver tinsel
  • Hackle: Dark red coch-y-bondu
  • Throat: Medium blue, black
  • Wing: Short golden pheasant ruff; golden pheasant tail, grey speckled peacock, claret-orange and yellow swan, wood-duck,
  • Cheek: Short jungle-cock
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping
  • 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
Peacock
Jungle Cock

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, silver tinsel; tail, a topping; but, black ostrich; body, floss silk in joints, yellow-orange, pink, claret and blue - a double length of the latter shade medium - broadish silver tinsel spiraled over all; a dark red coch-y-bondu hackle all the way up, medium blue at shoulder, with black over it; wing, short gold pheasant ruff; over it gold pheasant tail, grey speckled peacock, claret-orange and yellow swan; wood-duck, over that (the part without the black bars) short jungle-cock, over that, one topping; black head.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Floss - Silk
Yellow-orange
Orange      
Floss - Silk Pink      
Floss - Silk Claret      
Floss - Silk Blue      
Floss - Silk
Medium blue
Blue      
Rib Tinsel
Broad
Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Coch-y-bonddhu Red - Dark      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Medium blue
Blue      
Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Black      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus Ruff
Feather Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Feather
Speckled
Gray      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Claret-orange
Orange      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather Natural
Cheek Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck
Short
Natural
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Head Black      

Materials in pattern

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