"Baron" by Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin

Author Pryce-Tannatt, Thomas Edwin
Book How to Dress Salmon Flies
Book Edition N/A
Page 214

Material

  • Hook: 1 1/4 to 2 inches
  • Tag: Silver thread, ruby red floss
  • Tail: Golden pheasant topping, Indian Crow, Blue Chatterer
  • Butt: Black herl
  • Body: 1/2 flat silver, veiled with Indian crow. Joint separator: black herl. 1/2 black floss
  • Ribs: Oval silver
  • Hackle: Dark claret over black floss
  • Throat: Jay
  • Wing: Mixed Golden pheasant tippet in strands. Scarlet, blue, and yellow Swan, Florican, Bustard, grey Turkey tail and Golden Pheasant tail. Teal and barred Summer Duck
  • Roof: Brown Mallard
  • Sides: Jungle Cock
  • Cheeks: Blue Chatterer
  • Topping: Golden pheasant topping
  • Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw

Cites list

This pattern contains cites material. The following list is a suggestion of substitutes you can use for this pattern.

Animal Substitutes
Florican
  • Feather => Peacock : Feather - Wing
Kori Bustard
  • Feather => Turkey : Feather - Tail
Jungle Cock
Macaw

Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 1/4 to 2 inches).
Tag: Silver thread and ruby red floss.
Tail: A topping, Indian Crow and Blue Chatterer.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: In two equal halves first half, flat silver tinsel, butted with black herl and veiled above and below with Indian Crow; second half, black floss.
Ribs: Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle: A dark claret hackle over the black floss.
Throat: Jay.
Wings: Mixed tippet in strands; "married" strands of scarlet, blue, and yellow Swan, Florican, Bustard, grey Turkey tail and Golden Pheasant tail; "married" narrow strips of Teal and barred Summer Duck; narrow strips of brown Mallard over.
Sides: Jungle Cock.
Cheeks: Blue Chatterer; a topping over all.
Horns : Blue and Yellow Macaw.
2. Black Doctor* (hook, 1 J to 2 inches).

Long material list

Part Material Type Color
Tag Tinsel Silver      
Floss
Ruby red
Red      
Tail Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Indian Crow
Latin: Pyroderus scutatus
Feather Natural
Cotinga - Spangled
Latin: Cotinga cayana
Feather Natural
Butt Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl Black      
Body Tinsel - Flat
1/2 body
Silver      
Indian Crow
Latin: Pyroderus scutatus
Feather
Veiling for flat silver
Natural
Ostrich
Latin: Struthio camelus
Herl
Joint separator
Black      
Floss
1/2 body
Black      
Other Tinsel - Oval Silver      
Hackle Chicken - Cock
Latin: Gallus gallus domesticus
Feather - Neck
Over black
Claret - dark
Throat Blue Jay Feather - Wing Blue      
Wing Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Neck
Mixed. In strands
Natural
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Scarlet      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Blue      
Swan
Latin: Genus: Cygnus
Feather - Wing Yellow      
Florican
Latin: Otididae
Cites
Feather Natural
Kori Bustard
Latin: Ardeotis kori
Cites
Feather Natural
Turkey
Latin: Genus: Meleagris
Feather - Tail Green      
Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Tail Natural
Teal
Latin: Anas crecca
Feather - Flank Natural
Wood Duck
Latin: Aix sponsa
Feather - Flank Natural
Roof Mallard
Latin: Anas platyrhynchos
Feather - Shoulder Brown      
Sides Jungle Cock
Latin: Gallus sonneratii
Cites
Feather - Neck Natural
Other Cotinga - Spangled
Latin: Cotinga cayana
Feather Blue      
Topping Pheasant - Golden
Latin: Chrysolophus pictus
Feather - Head Natural
Horns Macaw
Latin: Tribe: Arini
Cites
Feather - Tail
Blue and yellow
Blue      

Materials in pattern

We are working on getting more images to cover all parts.