"White Wings" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 207

Material

  • Hook: 1 1/4 to 2 inches
  • Tag: Silver
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping and tippet in strands
  • Body: Lemon yellow, bright orange, claret and black Seal's fur, picked out
  • Rib: Broad silver and twist
  • Hackle: Black or dark claret
  • Throat: Deep blue
  • Wing: White Swan, set horizontally

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 1/4 to 2 inches).
Tag: Silver tinsel.
Tail: A topping and tippet in strands.
Body: Lemon yellow, bright orange, claret and black Seal's fur in equal sections (picked out).
Ribs: Broad silver tinsel and twist.
Hackle: A black or dark claret hackle.
Throat: A deep blue hackle.
Wings: White Swan strips (set horizontally)

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
In strands
Natural
Body Seal Fur
Picked out
Lemon      
Seal Fur
Bright orange. Picked out
Orange      
Seal Fur
Picked out
Claret      
Seal Fur
Picked out
Black      
Rib Tinsel
Broad
Silver      
Tinsel - Twist Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Or dark claret
Black      
Throat Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Deep blue
Blue      
Wing Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing
Set horizontally
White      

Materials in pattern

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