Author | Francis, Francis |
Book | A Book on Angling |
Book Edition | N/A |
Page | 386 |
Material
- Hook: Round bend hook, equal to No. 6
- Tag: Silver tinsel, yellow wool picked out
- Tail: Black partridge, yellow and red parrot
- Butt: Black ostrich
- Body: Dirty yellow wool
- Rib: Broad silver, narrow gold tinsel
- Hackle: Dark olive
- Throat: Blue jay
- Wing: Speckled turkey
Cites list
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Animal | Substitutes |
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Parrot |
Original material
As written in the book:
Tag, silver tinsel, and a wad of yellow wool picked out and left rough all round the bend of the hook; tail, black partridge, yellow and red parrot; but, black ostrich; body, the usual dirty yellow wool, with broad silver and narrow gold tinsel, alternately; dark olive hackle ail the way up and jay at shoulder wings, as before; dressed on round bend hook, but of No. 6 length.
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
---|---|---|---|
Tag | Tinsel | Silver | |
Wool
Picked out |
Yellow | ||
Tail |
Partridge Latin: Family: Phasianidae |
Feather | Black |
Parrot Latin: Order: Psittaciformes Cites |
Feather | Yellow | |
Parrot Latin: Order: Psittaciformes Cites |
Feather | Red | |
Butt |
Ostrich Latin: Struthio camelus |
Herl | Black |
Body |
Wool
Dirty yellow |
Yellow | |
Rib |
Tinsel
Broad |
Silver | |
Tinsel
Narrow |
Gold | ||
Hackle |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather - Neck | Olive - Dark |
Throat | Blue Jay | Feather - Wing | Blue |
Wing |
Turkey Latin: Genus: Meleagris |
Feather
Speckled |
Natural |
Materials in pattern
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