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Silver Grey : Price-Tannatt.
 
Tag : Silver thread and yellow floss.
Tail : A topping and barred Summer duck in strands.
Butt : Black herl.
Body : Flat silver tinsel.
Ribs : Fine oval tinsel.
Hackle : A badger hackle.
Throat : Widgeon.
Wings : Mixed tippet in strands; "married" strands of white,
Yellow, and green Swan, Bustard, Florican, and
Golden Pheasant tail; "married" strips of Pintail and barred
Summer duck; Brown Mallard strips over.
Cheeks : Jungle Cock. A topping over.
Horns : Blue and yellow Macaw.

 
 
 
Silver Grey : By Kelson in The Fishing Gazette (Mr. Kelson).
 
 
Tag : Silver twist and yellow silk.
Tail : Topping and Summer duck (without black bar).
Butt : Black herl.
Body : Silver tinsel.
Ribs : Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle : A silver furnace, over the body.
Throat : Widgeon.
Wings : Mixed-Golden Pheasant tippet and tail, Bustard, Mallard, Grey Mallard
and Swan dyed yellow and blue.
Two strips Mallard and a topping over.
Sides : Jungle cock.
Horns : Blue Macaw.
Head : Black.

 

 
Silver Grey : Hardy, Hale and Kelson (Wright).
 
Tag : Silver twist and yellow silk.
Tail : Topping, two strands blue macaw, and unbarred summer duck.
Butt : Black herl.
Body : Silver tinsel (flat).
Ribs : Silver tinsel (Oval).
Hackle : A silver Coch-y-Bondhu hackle along the body.
Throat : Widgeon.
Wings : Golden pheasant tippet and tail in strands, bustard, swan
dyed yellow, Amherst pheasant, Gallina,
powdered blue macaw, Mallard, grey mallard, and a topping.
Sides : Jungle.
Horns : Blue macaw.
Head : Black berlin wool.

Silver Grey :
 
Tail : Topping.
Butt : Black herl.
Body : Lead or pearl coloured Seal's fur, mixed with a little yellow.
Ribs : Silver tinsel (flat).
Hackle : A grey cock hackle.
Wings : Malllard and barred Summer duck. A topping over.
Head : Black herl.
 
 
Silver Grey : William Murdoch, 23ste Januari, 1886. Fishing Gazette. Thanks to Colin Innes.
Tag : Silver thread and yellow floss.
Tail : A topping.
Butt : Black Ostrich Body: Flat silver tinsel.
Ribbed : Oval twist (silver)
Hackle : Silver grey, from the second turn of oval rib; teal or widgeon at shoulder.
Wing : Strands of tippet, pheasant’s tail, blue, white, and yellow swan, brown mallard, a narrow strip of
           summer duck on either side, and a topping over all.
Cheeks : Chatterer.
Head : Black wool.
 
 
Silver Grey : Kelson, Land and Water Cards. ca. 1885 Thanks to Colin Innes.
 

Tag : Silver twist and yellow silk.
Tail : A topping and unbarred summer duck.
Butt : Black herl.
Body : Silver tinsel (flat).
Ribs : Silver tinsel (oval).
Hackle : A silver furnace hackle along the body.
Throat : Widgeon.
Wings : Golden pheasant tippet strands and tail, bustard, swan dyed yellow,
gallina, powder blue macaw, mallard, grey mallard and a topping.
Horns : Blue macaw.
Sides : Jungle fowl.

 

 
 
Silver Grey : Maxwell, Salmon & Sea trout, 1914
Tag : Silver wire and lemon floss.
Tail : A topping with strips of wood duck unbarred)and blue fibres.
Butt : Black chenille.
Body : Silver tinsel.
Ribs : Silver twist, with a black centred grey cock's hackle carried down beside the twist.
Shoulder hackle : Teal or pintail.
Wing : Two short jungle fowl feathers; fibres of tippet, grey turkey, gold pheasant tail, wood duck and
           blue dyed swan; topping over.
Horns : Blue macaw.
Head : Black chenille.
 
 
 
Silver Grey : Blacker (Blacker) en Malone.
 
Tag : Silver thread and orange floss.
Tail : Topping, red and blue Macaw and Gallina.
Body : Silver dun Monkey or light dun Fox or blue dun Mohair, mixed with yellow.
Ribs : Broad, silver tinsel.
Hackle : A dun cock speckled yellow-ish.
Throat : A tuft orange Mohair with a bright orange hackle over.
(This may varie with claret or fiery bruin).
Wings : Mixed Golden Pheasant tail, Mallard, red Macaw, blue and yellow Macaw body feather, Gallina and tippets.
Horns : Blue and yellow Macaw.
 
 
Silver Grey : Traverner
Tag : Flat silver or silver thread and yellow floss.
Tail : Topping, barred Summer duck or Jungle Cock.
Butt : Black herl or chenille.
Body : Flat, silver tinsel.
Ribs : Oval, silver tinsel.
Hackle : Cuckoo or Cree hane hackle from the middle, or a badger hackle.
Throat : Teal or Pinteal.
Wings : Tippet strands, veiled with married white, yellow and green dyed Swan, Bustard, Florican, Golden Pheasant
            tail (or Peacock secondary), Mallard and a topping over.
Sides : Married barred Summerduck and Pintail.
Cheeks : Jungle Cock.
Horns : Blue Macaw.
 
 
Silver Grey Fly (Blacker No.6) : Blacker.
 
Tag : Flat silver tinsel and orange floss.
Tail : A topping, red and blue Macaw and Gallina.
Body : Silver dun Monkey fur.
Hackle : Dun hackle with a yellow-ish speckled tint.
Ribs : Broad, flat, silver tinsel.
Throat : A tuft orange Mohair and a bright orange hackle.
Wings : Married Golden Pheasant tail, Mallard, Red Macaw, blue and yellow Macaw body feather, Gallina (female)
            and a topping over.
Horns : Blue and yellow Macaw.
 
 
 
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