De vliegen van William Blacker

Blacker beschrijft 15 Zalmvliegen in zijn boek : Art of Angling, uit 1842. Hijzelf was ervan overtuigt dat het DE vliegen waren, voor de rivieren in Schotland en Ierland.
Hij schrijft : " These fifteen Salmon Flies may be considered by my readers as specimens of real perfection, and the "dons" of the present time amongst the great Salmon fishers. There is such a combination of colours in them throughout, that they will be found most killing in the rivers of Scotland and Ireland, if made on hooks of sizes to suit each, and their proper seasons.
I have taken the greatest pains imaginable to make them in proportion, and of the most choice materials, which will greatly amuse the amateur in his leisure hours to imitate them, and if he goes by the models and their descriptions, he will find them, when completed, what may be termed by a Salmon fisher, magnificent.
Their life-like and alluring appearance, when humoured attractively with the rod and line, will cause them to be very deceptive to the Salmon, and they will rise out of the water at them with such greatness (the fun of it is) as to mistake them for living insects. I have seen them swim after the fly for some distance, as quietly as possible, before making a rush at it, then seize it, show their backfin, and then the points of their tail -- The break of the water they have made closes -- you " rise your hand", and the hook is " anchored".
 
Hieronder staan de beschrijvingen van de patronen in het Nederlands, de meeste met een afbeelding van de desbetreffende vlieg.
Daarna volgt dan de beschrijving, in het Engels, zoals Blacker ze zelf gegeven heeft, in zijn boek. Een ware leermeester.
 
 
 

No.1 De Spirit Fly
Tag : Goud tinsel en rood-bruin floss.
Butt : Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Body : Deze bestaat uit 5 segmenten van oranje floss gevolgt door
           goud tinsel bij de naad van ieder segment met een scarlet
           hackle en een butt over het tinsel.
Wings : 6 toppings met een brede strip Carolina eend, een rode
            Hymalaya crest veer langs de boven kant een Cock of the
            Rock veer en een blauwe veer van de IJsvogel er overheen.
Throat : Een donker blauwe of paarse hackle veer.
Horns : Blauw gele Ara.
Head : Zwarte struisvogel herl.
Haak No. 6 of 7.
 

 
 
No.2
Tag : Zilver twist en goud kleurig floss.
Butt : Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Body : Rood-bruin floss tot het midden, de rest oranje varkenshaar
          of Angorageiten wol.
Ribs : Breed zilver tinsel.
Hackle : Parelhoen over het oranje.
Wings : Goudfazant staart, mixed met strips van Trap, scarlet Ara
            Caroline eend, Mallard, gele Ara lichaams veer, zilver fazant
            en een topping er overheen.
Throat : Vlaamse gaai.
Horns : Blauw gele Ara.
Head : Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Haak No. 8 of 9 Limerick.
 

 
 
No.3 Nog een Spirit Fly.
Tag : Zilver tinsel en monrone (een rood tint) floss.
Butt : Na ieder segment zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Tail : Topping mixed met groen en rode Papagaai.
Body : 1ste segment; half bruine en half groene floss.
          2de  segment; half rood-bruine en half rode floss.
          3de  segment; half groene en half gele floss.
          Bij het begin van ieder segment, 2 of 3 windingen goud tinsel
          (afhankelijk van de haakmaat).
Wings : Mixed;  Bruine Mallard, Trap en Carolina eend; Scarlet Ara,
            Wintertaling, Goud fazant tippet en een strip van gele Ara.
Throat : Een kleine rode hackle en 2 Toucan veren.
Cheeks : Blauwe IJsvogel.
Horns : Blauw gele Ara.
Head : Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Haak No. 6 en No. 10 voor Gilse.
 

 
 

No.4  Claret Fly.
Tail : 2 of 3 strips van de staart van een fazant hen, met een kort
        stukje rood-oranje lichaams veer van een Ara of Papagaai.
Body : Eerst een 5 tal windingen van zilver tinsel, dan de hele body
           van claret varkens haar.
Ribs : Goud, over de hele body.
Hackle : 2 Claret hackles.
Wings : 2 Carolina eend veren (barred) en 2 strips van dezelfde veer.
Head : Pauw herl
Haak No. 6 of 10
 
 

 
 

No.5    A Brown Fly
Tag : Goud tinsel en goud kleurige floss.
Tail : Topping.
Body : Kaneel kleurig of geel-bruine varkens haar of Angorageiten
           wol.
Ribs : 2 x zilveren twist.
Hackle : Bruin rode hane hackle.
Wings : Goud fazant staart met een brede band en 2 vrij brede
            white tip Kalkoen staart aan iedere kant.
Throat : Een helder rood-bruine hackle van een gevlekte
             Ruigpoothoen of een gevlekte veer van de Argus fazant
             genomen van de nek of de rug.
Horns : Scarlet Ara.
Head : Een iets grotere maat Pauwen herl.
Haak No. 8
 

 
 

No. 6   A Silver Grey Fly
Tag : Zilver tinsel en oranje floss.
Butt :
Tail : Topping en rood blauwe Ara veer, welke onder de vleugel van
         de vogel zit en een helder licht blauwe kleur heeft en
         Parelhoen.
Body : Zilver grijze Apan vacht, indien verkrijgbaar, licht grijs vossen
           of Eekhoorn haar, of blauw grijze Angorageiten wol, gemengd
           met geel. Deze zijn allen goed voor de body.
Ribs : Breed zilver tinsel.
Hackle : Een grijze hana hacklem met een gelig gevlekte schijn er
             doorheen.
Wings : Goud fazant staart veer mixed met Mallard, rode Ara, blauw
            gele Ara lichaams veer, Parelhoen en Goud fazant tippets. 
Throat : Een beetje oranje Angorageiten wol met er overheen een
             helder oranje hackle en een claret of rood-bruine hackle.
Horns : Blauw en gele Ara.
Head :Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Haak No. 9
 

 
 

No. 7    A Palmer Fly.
Een vlieg met een dubbele haak. Beide haken zijn met de bovenkant
op elkaar gebonden.
Body : Oranje varkens haar gemengd met gele Angorageiten wol
           uitgeplukt tussen de hackles door.
Hackle : 6 blauw grijze hane hackles, goed getaperd en met een
             gelig, gevlekte schijn er overheen.
Throat : 3 extra hackles om het voller te maken.
Eventueel een kleine wartel om de vlieg in het water te laten spinnen.
Headn: Pauw herl, vrij vol.
Haak No. 9
Variatie : met een rode body en goud grijze hackle.
 

 
 

No.8     
Tag : Goud twist.
Butt : Pauw herl.
Tail : Topping.
Body : 3 segmenten; 1ste ;geel floss met een butt van Pauw herl.
           veiled door 2 veren, met een rood uiteinde, van een cock
           of the rock en een rib van zilver tinsel.
           2de blauw floss met een butt van Pauw herl en veiled door
           2 veren van de crest van een cock of the rock en een rib
           van goud tinsel .
           3de  oranje floss met een butt van Pauw herl en veiled met
           2 veren, met een rode punt van een cock of de rock en een
           rib van goud tinsel. 
Wings : Mixed;Oranje, gele en blauwe Ara lichaams veer; 3 strips
            van ieder, Wintertaling, Trap, Goud fazant tippet in  strips
            Zilver fazant staart, licht bruine Goud fazant staart en een
            topping over het geheel, maar iets langer dan de wing.
Throat : Vlaamse gaai.
Horns : Blauw gele Ara.
Head : Pauw herl.
Haak No.8
 

 
 

No. 9
Tag : Goud tinsel en geel groene floss.
Butt : Zwarte struisvogel herl.
Tail : Topping.
Body : Enkele windingen blauwe floss, de rest claret floss.
Ribs : Goud tinsel.
Hackle : Claret hackle.
Wings : 2 Jungle Cock veren en 2 Goud fazant tippets, waarbij de
            witte ogen van de Jungle Cock voorbij de tippets steken.
            2 Brede strips Carolina eend en 2 toppings er overheen
            langer dan de rest van de wing. 
Throat : Vlaamse gaai.
Head : Zwarte struisvogel herl.
Haak No. B of BB
 
 
 

No.10   
Tag : Zilver twist en gele floss.
Tail : 2 kleine toppings.
Body : Goud gele varkens haar of Angorageiten wol.
Ribs : Zilver twist.
Hackle : Geel geverfde hackle met een zwarte kern.
Wings : 2 Tippets met brede strips van Pauw vleugel en een strip van
            scarlet Ara staart veer, de laatste iets langer.
Throat : Vlaamse gaai.
Head : Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Haak No. 9
 
 
No. 11
 
Tag : goud tinsel.
Tail : Topping
Wings : Een paar fibers van de volgende fibers; Zwart witte veer van de achterkant van een kleine gevlekte Trap,    
            Wintertaling, Carolina eend, Zilver fazant staart van de hen, en de wit zwarte staartveer van een Zilver fazant
            haan; Tippet van een goud fazant en de rode 'speer' veer van een Goud fazant en aan iedere kant 2 kleine
            zwart witte veren van de Jungle Cock en een topping er overheen.
Body : Half geel en half paars varkens haar of Angorageiten wol, de laatste kleur aan de kop.
Ribs : Dubbele goud twist.
Hackle : 2 Crest veren van een Zwarte Reiger.
Head : Zwart.
Haak No. 7

 
 

No.12   A Large Spring Fly
Tag : Goud tinsel en blauwe en oranje floss.
Butt : Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Tail : Topping, niet te klein met er boven op een plukje van de rode
         speer veer van de Goud fazant. 
Body : Ongeveer 1 cm. , aan het staarteinde, gele Angorageiten wol
           met een gele hackle er overheen en geribt met goud tinsel.
           De rest is rood bruin floss met een donker (wijn) paarse
           hackle er overheen en geribt met zilver twist en plat goud.
Wings : Kleine gevlekte staarts veer van de Argus fazant, Goud
            fazant en zwart witte Pauw veer; Scarlet en blauwe Ara en
            in het midden een hele, oranje Ara veer met een blauw
            groene punt.
Hackle : Gele lichaams veer van een Ara.
Horns : Blauw gele Ara.
Head : Zwarte Struisvogel herl.
Haak No. 2 of 3   Grote Zalm haken.
 
 
Spring Flies
 
 
No.1
 
Tag : Zilver tinsel en oranje floss.
Tail : 2 toppings
Body : Lucht blauwe floss
Ribs : Breed zilver tinsel.
Hackle : Donker blauwe hackle vanaf de tail.
Wings : Een grote gele en blauwe veer van de Ara, 2 oranje Ara veren, 2,5 cm. korter en aan weerszijde van de
            grote veren; 2 toppings,en goed aan de maat zijnde strips van: Argus fazant, Trap en scarlet en blauwe Ara.
Throat : Blauwe vlaamse gaai.
Head : Geel varkens haar of Angora geiten wol.(wit Zeehonden vacht, geel geverfd kan ook goed.)
Haak No. 1 of 2  Voorjaars Zalm Haak.
 
No. 2
 
Tag : Zilver tinsel en oranje floss.
Tail : 2 toppings.
Body : Zwarte floss.
Ribs : Breed, plat zilver tinsel.
Hackle : Claret hackle.
Wings : Een grote rode stuit speer veer van een Goud fazant, in het midden.4 lange toppings met een mix aan iedere
            kant, van Argus fazant staart, Trap, Blauw gele Ara.
Throat : Blauwe Vlaamse gaai veer.
Head : Groot, rood bruin  varkens haar.
Haak No. 1 of 2  Voorjaars Zalm haak.
 
 
No. 3
Tag : Zilver tinsel en oranje floss.
Tail : Topping met een beetje rood.
Body : Zwarte floss.
Ribs : Zilver tinsel. 
Wings : 2 hel, gele veren van de Ara, 2 tippets mixed met Trap, Argus fazant, Blauw scarlet Ara.
Head : Blauw varkens haar of Angorageiten wol.
Haak No.1 of 2
 
No. 4
Tag : Zilver tinsel en oranje floss.
Tail : Topping
Body : Licht rood bruine floss.
Ribs : Plat zilver tinsel en goud twist.
Hackle : Een claret hackle.
Wings : Gele Ara, een rode speer veer van de Goud fazant, 4 toppings, een mix van Trap, Goud fazant staart.
Cheeks : Blauwe veer van de  IJsvogel.
Head : Groot van blauw Angorageiten wol. Voor de Shannon kan deze niet groot genoeg zijn.
 
 
No. 5
Tag : Zilver tinsel en oranje floss.
Tail : Topping.
Body : Rood bruine floss. 
Ribs : Breed zilver tinsel en goud twist.
Hackle : Een paarse hackle.
Wings : 2 lichaamsveren van de gele Ara, mixed met blauwe Ara staart en Argus fazant en 2 grote toppings.
Head : Donker blauw varkens haar.
Haak No. 2   Voorjaars maat.
 
 
No. 6
Body : Zwarte floss.
Ribs : Zilver tinsel.
Hackle : Gele hackle.
Wings : 2 lichaamsveren van de gele Ara, mixed met blauwe Ara staart en Argus fazant en 2 grote toppings.
Head :  Groot, blauw, goed uitgeplukt zodat het enigzinds hangt, net zoals een hackle.
Haak No. 3
 
 
Gaudy fly : Blacker. (beschreven in David forster's Scientific Angler).
 
 
Tag : Goud en Oranje.
Tail : Toppingen twee strips bruine Mallard.
Butt : Struisvogel.
Body : In drie delen. Crimson, gehackled met zwart, Scarlet en Crimson beide met scarlet hackle.
Ribs : Geen.
Wings : Rode goudfazant borst veer, met goed gemarkeerde rood zwarte kalkoen erover.
Throad : Parelhoen.
Horns : Rood en blauwe Ara.
Head : Struisvogel.
 
 
Om de leerwijze van Blacker te laten zien, volgt hier de beschrijving van de eerste 12 vliegen, in het Engels, origineel over genomen uit zijn boek.
 " These fifteen Salmon Flies may be considered by my readers as specimens of real perfection, and the "dons" of the present time amongst the great Salmon fishers. There is such a combination of colours in them throughout, that they will be found most killing in the rivers of Scotland and Ireland, if made on hooks of sizes to suit each, and their proper seasons.
I have taken the greatest pains imaginable to make them in proportion, and of the most choice materials, which will greatly amuse the amateur in his leisure hours to imitate them, and if he goes by the models and their descriptions, he will find them, when completed, what may be termed by a Salmon fisher, magnificent.
Their life-like and alluring appearance, when humoured attractively with the rod and line, will cause them to be very deceptive to the Salmon, and they will rise out of the water at them with such greatness (the fun of it is) as to mistake them for living insects. I have seen them swim after the fly for some distance, as quietly as possible, before making a rush at it, then seize it, show their backfin, and then the points of their tail -- The break of the water they have made closes -- you " rise your hand", and the hook is " anchored.
No.1  I shall name this fly The Spirit Fly, in consequence of its numerously-jointed body, its fanciful, florid and delicats appearance. Its colours will be found most entieing to the fish, and is a sister fly to Ondine, in the "book of the Salmon" by "Ephemera". The wings are made of six toppings, with a broad strip of wood duck on each side, a red Hymalaya crest feather at top, a cock of the rock feather, blue kingfisher feather at each side, a black head, and feelers of macaw. The body is made of joints of black, orange floss, and a tip of gold tinsel at the tail, tail two small toppings, a tag of puce silk and ostrich, (it must be tied with very fine silk that the body may not be lumpy, but to show gradually taper from the tail to the head, and the hackle to be stripped at one side to roll even), and at each joint a scarlet hackle, with a tip of gold tinsel under each joint, to make it lively looking. There is a purple hackle, or very dark blue, struck round the shoulder. The size of the hook is No. 6 or 7. Salmon, B or B B.
 
No. 2. The wings are composed of golden pheasant tail feather, mixed with the following: strips of bustard, scarlet macaw, wood duck, mallard, yellow macaw body feather, silver pheasant, and a topping over all, extending a little longer than the other feathers; blue and yellow macaw feelers. The wing, as above, should be laid out on a piece of paper, ready to tie on after the body and legs are formed, the jay rolled over the head in this fly, and the head tied on last, of black ostrich. The tail is a topping, mixed with a strip of wood-duck feather, tipped with silver twist, a tag of gold-colour floss, and black osctrich; the body pace floss to the centre, and the remainder oranger pig hair or mohair, ribbed with broad silver tinsel, and a guinea-hen rump feather rolled over the orange beneath the jay heackle. This is about as fine a specimen of a Salmon fly as ever was thrown into the water, and will kill Salmon and Grilse, made small, in every Salmon river in Great Britain. The hook No. 6 or 9, Limerick. The best Irish hooks are numbered from No. 1, largest Salmon size, to No. 10, Sea-Tront size.
No.3. This is another of the Spirit Flies that kill so well in the rivers of Ireland and Scotland, at high water, particularly the Spoy and Tweed. The wings are made of the following mixtures of feathers, each side of the wings to be alike: Brown mallard, bustard and wood-duck; a topping, scarlet macaw, teal, golden pheasant neck feather, a strip of yellow macaw, and feelers of blue and yellow tail; a head of black ostrich; the tail to be a topping, mixed with green and red parrot tail; the body is composed of joints, first a tip of silver, a tag og morone floss, a tag of black, a joint of brown, green and brown-red hackle, puce and red, green and yellow, blue and oranger, with a tip of gold tinsel at each joint, a vary small red hackle, and two red toucan feathers round the shoulder, and blue kingfisher's feather on each side of the wings. The hook, No. 6 and No. 10 for Grilse.
No. 4. A celebrated Claret fly, of very killing qualities both in Scotland and Ireland, and in the Thames as a trout fly. The wings are composed of two wood-duck feathers wanting the white tips, and two strips of the same kind of feather with white tips; the head is made of peacock harl; the tail is two or three strips of hen pheasant tail, with a short tuft of red orange macaw body feather or parrot, tipped with silver, and gold ribbing over the body, which is formedd of claret pig hair, over which roll two richly dyed claret hackles, struck in fine proportion from the tail up. The hook No.6 or 10. It is a capital fly in lakes for large trout, as a breeze or gentle gale only causes a ripple, and a strong wind does not do so well in lakes with the fly, as it makes waves, althought good for a large size minnow.
No. 5. A brown fly, a general favorite among the "old ones," on every salmon river in Ireland and Scotland, particularly the latter, and in rivers a good way up from the sea, on a dark day, with a good breeze blowing up the stream. The folling fly, No. 6, may be used in a similar manner. The wings are made of the golden pheasant tail that has the long clouded bar in the feather, rather full, and two rather broad strips of light brown white-tipped turkey tail feather at each side; a good size peacock harl head, and feelers of scarlet macaw feather; tipped at the tail with gold tinsel - the tail a small bright topping, and a tag of gold-colour floss silk; the body is made of cinnamon, or yellow-brown pig hair or mohair, ribbed with double silver twist; over the body roll a real brown red cock's hackle, and round the throttle roll on a bright red-brown mottled feather of the hen Argus pheasant's neck of back. B B hook, or a No. 8.
 
No. 6. A Silver Grey Fly, a great favorite on the lakes of Killarney for Salmon and Grilse, and at Waterville, in the County of Kerry, for Sea and White Trout,' made small on a No. 10 hook, about the size of a No. 6 Trout hook of English make. The wings are made of golden pheasant tail feather, mixed with mallard, red macaw, blue and yellow body feathers of the macaw, guined hen, and golden pheasant neck feathers, with feelers of blue and yellow macaw, a black head; tipped at the tail with silver and orange floss tag, the tail a topping mixed with red and blue macaw feather, (those blues that are found under the wings of that bird which are of a very light hue) and guinea hen; the body is made of the silver dun monkey of it can de got, light dun fox or squirrel fur, or dyed blue dun mohair mixed with yellow, - all these are good for a body, robbed with broad silver tinsel, and a hackle of a real dun cock that has a yellowish motley shade throughout it, rolled up to the head, and round the shoulder a bright orange dyed hackle, underneath which tie in a little orange mohair. It may be varied with a claret hackle at the head, or a fiery brown one. No. 9 hook. A small grlinse or sea-trout hook, for small rivers in either Scotland or Ireland, and also in the rivers of Wales, where it is a native dun colour among the anglers. It will be found a "don" to rise them.
 
No. 7. A large dun palmer with a double hook, which, will be observed, is of a tortuous shape in th body, as it appears in the plate. The shape may be obtained by tying the hooks back to back, the top one to be tied about quater way down the shank of the end one, and the gut tied tightly on each, (twisted gut of course when you form the loop).
It will be found a " killer " in large pools surrounded with trees in stormy weather, and where they take it most likely for a shrimp, as it corresponds in color. The leggs are composed of about 6 hackles of a real blue dun old cock-saddle feather, having a motley yellowish hue, and peacock herl head, rather full; the body is made of orange pig hair and yellow mohair mixed, the former drawn out amongst the fibres of the hackles, which must be struck on two at a time, commencing at the tail, till its all build up to the head, where there may be three hackles to make it fuller,- it would be as well to have a small swivel at the head, that it might spin gently round when moved in the water. No. 9 hook. It may be varied with gold, old cock's hackles, and red body.
 
No. 8. is a beautiful specimen of a gaudy fly. The wings, which are finely mixed of rich feathers are made of the following sorts: - orange, yellow, and blue macaw body feathers, three strips of each; teal, bustard, and golden pheasant neck feathers broken in strips; silver pheasant tail, light brown golden pheasant tail feather, and a topping over all a little longer; a peacock herl head, and blue and yellow feelers. The body is formed in three joints, a tip of gold twist at the tail, a tag of peacock herl, and a bright small topping for tail; first, a joint of yellow floss, a joint of peacock, and two feathers of the red tipped feather of the crest of the cock of the rock tied short above the harl and ribbed with gold; the next is a blue floss joint ribbed with gold, a peacock harl rolled on close, and two feathers of the crest of the cock of the rock tied close above it; and the third is an orange floss silk joint, a peacock harl tag, and ribbed with gold, two of the red tipped feathers tied on close as above, and a blue jay round the shoulder.
No. 8 hook on B. This is a famous grilse fly.
 
No. 9. is another grreat beauty, and a capitalgrilse or small salmon fly for any river under the sun. The wings are made of two jungle cock feathers, and two shorter feathers of the golden pheasant neck, the white ends of the jungle cock to show well beyond the golden pheasant neck, two broad strips of wood duck, one at each side, and a topping or two extending longer than the other feathers for feelers, a black ostrich head; a tip of gold at the tail, a tag of yellow-green silk, a tag of black ostrich, and a bright topping for tail, above the ostrich a blue tag, and the body made of claret dyed hackle struck over the body, with a blue jay feather at the shoulder. The hook B or BB.
 
No.10. This is a famous high water fly for all salmon rivers, particularly in Scotland, and is not unlike the once celebrated " Parson Fly ", the favorite killer in all rivers of the Reverend St. John's; there is no salmon can resist its attraction in rapid pools in rivers near the sea.
The preceding fly, No. 9, will be found to kill better a few miles higher up from the sea, as all plain flies do. If the No. 9 is winged with brown mallard or brown turkey tail feather, it will be found just the thing.
The wings are made of two golden pheasant neck feathers, with a broad strip of peacock wing feather on each side, and a strip of scarlet macaw tail feather, the latter to be a little longer than the other feathers, a black ostrich head with a full brilliant blue jay feather round the shoulder. The body is made thus: - a tip of silver twist, a yellow floss silk tag, two small toppings for tail, the body is of golden yellow pig hair or mohair, ribbed with silver twist, with two golden yellow dyed hackles with a black streak up the centre, rolled from the tail to the head. No. 9 hook, B or BB.
 
No. 11. is a fly that will kill grilse and salmon in the light running rivers of the North of Scotland, and in all rivers where the salmon and its varieties haunt, and is made of a few fibres of each of the following feathers: black and white small spotted bustard rump feather, teal, wood-duck, silver hen pheasant tail, and the silver cock pheasant tail black and white spotted feathers, the neck feathers of the golden pheasant, and the red spear feather of the same bird, and at each side two small feathers of the black and white jungle cock, a black head, and a topping. The body is made of half yellow and half purple pig hair or mohair, the latter colour next the head, over which roll close up two black heron feathers off the crest; a tip of gold, and a small topping for tail, and over the yellow or purple body roll double gold twist. No. 7 hook or BB.
 
No. 12. Is a large Spring Flyused generally in the Shannon, and the Tweed, when the rivers are very high and rapid. It will be found a magnificent specimen of a gaudy salmon fly, and is the proper size for March and April, When the fulness of the stream prevents the fish from seeing smaller ones. This fly will be seen to perfection in the plate. Whit this, I will describe three or four others of the same size, of different colours, which came into my possesion from Castle Connell. on the Banks of the Shannon.
The wings of No. 12 are made of the small spotted brown Argus tail feather, golden pheasant tail, and the black and white peacock wing feather; scarlet and blue macaw, and in the centre an orange macaw feather whole, those that are tipped with blue and green - they are found on the shoulders of the red macaw and down the back; a tuft of broken neck feather of the golden pheasant at the head, and feelers of blue and yellow macaw; a black head; a tip of gpld at the tail, a tag of blue, another of orange floss and black ostrich, a good sized topping in the tail, and at its root a tuft of red spear feather of the golden pheasant rump; there is about half an inch body at the tailend, made of yellow mohair, and yellow hackle over it, ribbed with gold, the remainder of the body is made of puce floss silk, with a dark wine-purple hackle struck over it. ribbed with silver twist and flat gold, and a yellow body feather of the macaw rolled round the shoulder. The hook, No. 2 or 3, large Salmon size.
 
 
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