Material

• Hook: 1 to 1 3/4 inches
• Tag: Silver thread, pale blue floss
• Tail: Scarlet Ibis and blue and yellow Macaw
• Butt: Orange badger
• Body: 1/2 golden yellow, 1/2 black floss. Joint separator: pale blue hackle, or natural blue Guinea
• Rib: Black Berlin wool over yellow, oval silver over the black
• Throat: Cochybondhu, richly coloured speckled Grouse

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Original material

As written in the book:

(hook, 1 to 1 3/4 inches).
Tag: Silver thread and pale blue floss.
Tail: "Married" narrow strips of scarlet Ibis and blue and Yellow Macaw (back to back).
Butt: A badger hackle dyed orange.
Body: In two equal halves first half, golden yellow floss; second half-black floss, butted at the joint with pale Blue Game hen's hackle or (when procurable) a natural blue Gallina hackle.
Ribs: Black Berlin wool over the yellow floss, oval silver tinsel over the black floss.
Throat : A cochybondhu hackle, followed by a richly coloured speckled Grouse hackle.

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