Author | Francis, Francis |
Book | A Book on Angling |
Book Edition | N/A |
Page | 387 |
Material
- Tag: Gold tinsel, one turn of bright yellow crewel
- Tail: Short slip of yellow crewel
- Butt: One turn of scarlet wool
- Body: Light blue wool, one turn of yellow wool at the shoulder
- Rib: Medium silver tinsel
- Hackle: Blue dun grizzly
- Wing: Golden pheasant tail
Original material
As written in the book:
Tag, gold tinsel, then one turn of bright yellow crewel, and a short slip of it left for a rudimentary tail. Then for the but, one turn of scarlet wool; body, light blue (with the faintest tinge of green in it) wool, one turn of yellow at the shoulder; moderate silver tinsel; grizzled blue, dun hackle with a blackish stump to it all up; wings of the streaky feather in gold pheasant tail.
Long material list
Part | Material | Type | Color |
---|---|---|---|
Tag | Tinsel | Gold | |
Crewel
Bright yellow, one turn |
Yellow | ||
Tail |
Crewel
Short slip |
Yellow | |
Butt |
Ostrich Latin: Struthio camelus |
Wool
One turn |
Scarlet |
Body | Wool | Blue - Light | |
Wool
One turn by wing |
Yellow | ||
Rib |
Tinsel
Medium |
Silver | |
Hackle |
Chicken - Cock Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus |
Feather - Neck
Blue dun |
Blue |
Wing |
Pheasant - Golden Latin: Chrysolophus pictus |
Feather - Tail | Natural |
Materials in pattern
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