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 |
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Peacock |
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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 |
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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 |
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