"The Tay: The Policeman" by Francis, Francis

Author Francis, Francis
Book A Book on Angling
Book Edition N/A
Page 382

Material

  • Hook: 2-3 inches
  • Tag: Silver tinsel, red-orange floss
  • Tail: Light brown speckled turkey, yellow swan
  • Body: Dark medium blue pig's wool, rough. A small amount of medium claret and orange pig's wool just before the throat
  • Rib: Broad silver tinsel
  • Hackle: Dark blue
  • Throat: Dark red-brown
  • Wing: Light brown speckled turkey, good amount of bronze peacock's herl over this

Cites list

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Animal Substitutes
Peacock

Original material

As written in the book:

Tag, silver tinsel and red-orange floss; tail, light brown speckled turkey and yellow swan; body, rough darkish medium blue pig's wool; broad silver tinsel; hackle one shade darker, dark reddish-brown hackle at shoulder, a few sprigs of medium claret and orange pig's wool thrown in just under the shoulder hackle; wing, light brown speckled turkey, with a bunch of bronze peacock's herl over it. Hooks 3 inches to 2 inches.

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss
Red-orange
Orange      
Tail Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather
Light Brown, speckled
Brown      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Body Pig Wool
Medium dark, rough
Blue - Dark      
Pig Wool
By the wing
Claret      
Pig Wool
By the wing
Orange      
Rib Tinsel
Broad
Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck Blue - Dark      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Dark red-brown
Brown - Dark      
Wing Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather
Light brown, speckled
Brown      
Peacock
Latin: Pavo cristatus
Cites
Herl
Good amount over turkey
Bronze

Materials in pattern

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