Butcher E

 
Butcher : Tolfrey, Jones's guide.
 
 
Tail : Golden topping, or Guinea hen.
Tag : Golden twist and orange silk.
Body : Claret, pale blue, red and dark blue Pig's wool.
Ribs : Silver tinsel.
Hackle : Black hackle.
Throat : Orange hackle and Guinea hen.
Wings : A tippet, one red feather from the rump of the Golden Pheasant, sprigged with Mallard, Teal, Guinea hen,
            and Golden Pheasant tail.
Horns : Yellow Macaw.
Head : Black.
 
 
 
Butcher: Price-Tannatt.
 

Tag : Silver threat and lemon floss.
Tail : A topping and Chatterrer.
Bud : Black herl.
Boddy : Fiery brown, pale blue, claret, and dark blue Seal's fur in equal
sections (picked out).
Ribs : Flat silver tinsel and twist.
Hackle : A dark claret or black hackle.
Throat : A lemon hackle followed by speckled Gallina.
Wing : A pair of tippets (back to back) covered by a pair of Golden
Pheasant breast feathers, and these by a pair of broad strips of
Teal; "married" narrow strips of yellow Swan and Bustard,
scarlet and blue Swan orange Swan, and Golden Pheasant tail:
strips of brown Mallard over (rather broad).
Cheeks : Blue Chatterrer; A topping over. ( somtimes there is no
topping.)
Horns : Blue and yellow Macaw.

 
 
 
 
Butcher : Kelson's pattern in The Fishing Gazette. (Jewhurst), Hardy and Hale (Hale gives credit to Kelson
and Kelson sais it is Jewhurst who invented this fly. Also called Moon's fly.)
 
Tag : Silver twist and yellow silk.
Tail : A topping, teal and powdered blue macaw.
Butt : Black herl.
Body : In four equal divisions, beginning with light red-claret, and
continuing with lightblue, dark red claret and dark blue seal's
fur.
Ribs : Silver tinsel, preceded on large hooks by silver lace.
Hackle : Naturel black, from light red-claret seal's fur.
Throat : Yellow hackle, followed by gallina.
Wings : A tippet feather and red breast feather from a golden
pheasant, back to back, the latter extending to the length of
the wing. Both are well covered on the side with slight strips of
teal, golden pheasant tail; gallina, bustard, and peacock's
wing, and strands of parrot and swan dyed yellow; two strips
of mallard on top.
Horns : Blue macaw.
Cheeks : Chatterer.
Head : Black.

 
 
 
 
Butcher : Wallbran. Thanks to Colin Innes.
 
 
 
Tag : Gold twist and dark orange floss.
Tail : topping and wood duck.
Butt : Black ostrich herl.
Body : Claret, blue and orange pig’s wool.
Ribbed : Three turns of broad silver twist.
Hackle : Light claret, dark claret at shoulder with small kingfisher at each side.
Wings : Under, a tippet and golden pheasant’s rump feather, over them strips of brown mallard, bustard, peacock’s wing,
            wood duck, and slips of blue and yellow swan.
Head : Black.
 
 
 
 
 
Butcher : Francis Francis 1867. (Farlow).

Tag : Gold twist and dark orange floss.
Tail : A topping.
Butt : Black herl.
Body : Two or three turns of claret, ditto of medium blue and red, remainder dark blue Pig's wool.
Ribs : Broad silver tnsel.
Hackle : Medium red-claret.
Throat : Gallina.
Wings : Golden Pheasant tippet and rump feather. Over them strips of Mallard, Bustard, Peacock, Wood duck, and
            Swan dyed blue and yellow.
Head : Black.
 
 
Butcher : Francis Francis 1867. (Tied by a friend of Francis Francis. "The genteleman who writes the 'Bell's Life'
under the 'nome the plume' of 'Fin' ")


Tail : A topping and Wood duck
Body : Claret, blue and orange pig's wool.
Ribs : Three turns of broad silver twist.
Hackle : Light claret.
Throat : Dark claret.
Wings : Mixed; Long Jungle Cock feathers over.
Cheeks : Kingfisher.
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