Sample Plate;
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Enhanced Plates;
Dressings
1. Water Cricket:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the Golden Plover's breast, in its summer plumage, or the wing or back of a Starling
Body: yellow or orange silk. It is sometimes ribbed with black silk
2. Little Black:
Hook: 0, short. (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Black Cock's hackle, or Starling's neck
Body: purple silk, dubbed sparingly with Magpie hurl
Head: purple
3. Winter Brown:
Hook: 2 (#13)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock's wing
Body: orange silk - not too bright
Head: Peacock hurl
4. Little Winter Brown or Light Woodcock:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the outside of a Woodcock's wing
Body: orange silk, with a spare dubbing of hare's ear
5. Brown Owl:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a reddish feather from the outside of a Brown Owl's wing
Body: orange silk
Head: Peacock hurl
6. Fieldfare Bloa:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: From the bloa feather on a Fieldfare's rump, or failing that from the tern, Blue-tail or Jay
Body: yellow silk
Legs: from a feather of the Golden Plover
7. Dark Moor-Game, Orange Grouse, or Freckled Dun:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a black and orange feather from the Red Grouse, the hen bird for preference
Body: orange silk
Head: orange silk, or Peacock hurl
8. Water-Hen Bloa:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled feather from the inside of a Water-hen's wing.
Body: yellow silk, dubbed with the fur of the Water-rat**
9. Dark Bloa:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: from the Starling's quill
Body: dark claret silk
Legs: from the black feather of a black hen's neck
10. Dark Snipe:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the outside of the Snipe's wing
Body: purple silk
11. March Brown: (Great Brown, Brown Drake, Dun Drake).
Hook: 3 (#12)
Wings: from the tail of a Partridge
Body: pale orange silk, dubbed with a little hare's ear and yellow mohair, mixed; ribbed over with a little yellow silk
Tail: forked with two strands from a Partridge's tail
Legs: from the back of a Partridge
12. March Brown:
Hook: 2. (#13)
Wings: from the quill feather of a hen Pheasant
Body: same as 11
Tail: same as 11
Legs: same as 11
13. March Brown:
Hook: 2 (#13)
Wings: hackled with a reddish feather from the outside of a Woodcock's wing.
Body: orange silk, dubbed with over with a little fur from a fox's ear.
14. March Brown:
Hook: 2 (#13)
Wings: from the tail of a Partridge
Body: orange and yellow silk twisted, dubbed with fur from a fox's ear
Legs: from a Wren's tail
15. March Brown:
Wings: from the hen Pheasant's wing
Body: same as 14
Legs: same as 14
16. Red Clock or Pheasant:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a golden feather from a cock Pheasant's neck; or from a small red cock's feather
Body: yellow silk, with a twist of Peacock hurl next to the hackle
Head: Peacock hurl
17. Red Palmer:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Body: green hurl from a Peacock, with a red cock's hackle wrapped over it.
18. Little Dark Watchet: (Iron Blue Dun)
Hook: 0, short. (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Jackdaw's neck, or outside a Coot's wing
Body: orange and purple silk twisted, dubbed with down from a Water-rat**
Head: orange
19. Iron Blue Dun Variant:
Hook: 0, short. (#15)
Wings: Water-hen
Body: same as 18
Head: same as 18
Legs: Coot.
20. Iron Blue Dun Variant:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from the breast of a Water-hen
Body: orange silk dubbed with Mole's fur
Head: orange
Legs: a dirty whitish brown from a hen's neck, or hairs from a calf's tail, dyed yellow
21. Iron Blue Dun Variant:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from Water-hen's breast
Body: orange silk dubbed with mole's fur
Head: orange
22. Dark Spanish Needle: (Needle Brown)
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the darkest part of a Brown Owl's wing
Body: orange silk
HEAD: Peacock hurl
23. Light Spanish Needle:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from inside a Jack-Snipe's wing, or from the breast of a young Starling
Body: crimson silk
Head: Peacock hurl
24. Light Watchet:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from the Jay
Body: straw-colored silk
Legs: fibers from a Yellow Plover
25. Olive Bloa:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: from a Starling's quill
Body: greenish yellow silk
Legs: light hackle from a hen's neck, stained to olive in onions
26. Olive Bloa:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Lapwing's back or rump
Body: yellow silk
Head: orange silk
27. Yellow Legged Bloa: (Yellow Dun)
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: from a young Starling's quill feather
Body: Yellow silk, waxed well, so as to make it nearly olive.
Legs: Ginger hackle from a Cochin-China Hen's neck
Tail: Two strands of the above
28. Yellow Partridge: (Grey Gnat)
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackle with a light feather from the back of a Partridge.
Body: yellow silk.
29. Snipe Bloa:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the inside of a Jack Snipe's wing.
Body: straw-colored silk.
30. Snipe Bloa:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with feather from under Snipe's wing.
Body: yellow silk, with a spare dubbing of Mole's fur, but not sufficient to hide the yellow body.
31. Brown Watchet: (Little Brown Dun.)
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a well dappled feather from a Partridge's back.
Body: orange silk.
Head: Peacock hurl.
32. Orange Partridge:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled as in No. 31.
Body: orange silk.
33. Greentail: (Grannon Fly).
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock's wing, or from a Partridge's neck, or from under a Hen Pheasant's wing.
Body: lead colored silk, twisted with a little fur from a hare's face.
Tail: green silk, wrapped over lower part of body.
34. Sandfly:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: from a sandy feather from a Landrail's wing.
Body: light brown silk, ribbed with sandy fur from a hare.
Legs: dark ginger hackle.
35. Dotterel:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the outside of a male Dotterel's wing.
Body: straw-colored silk; some anglers prefer orange silk.
Head: straw-colored or orange silk.
36. Yellow Sally:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from a Green Linnet's tail.
Body: yellow silk.
Legs: white feather from a hen's neck, dyed yellow in onions.
37. Poult Bloa or Light Poult Bloa:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from under the wing of a young Grouse.
Body: Light yellow silk
38. Poult Bloa or Light Poult Bloa: {fancy dressing}
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from under the wing of a young Grouse.
Body: straw-colored silk, with a twist of purple silk round it.
Head: Peacock hurl
39. Old Master:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock's wing.
Body: ash-colored silk, wrapped over with Heron's hurl.
40. Stone Midge:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Pewit's neck, breast, or rump.
Body: ash-colored silk, dubbed sparsely with Heron's hurl.
Head: Magpie hurl
41. Grey Midge:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Woodcock's breast.
Body: yellow silk.
Head: Peacock hurl.
42. Knotted Midge:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the back of a Swift or Martin, or from the shoulders of a Pewit's wing.
Body: ash-colored silk, dubbed with Heron's hurl, rather more fully than in No. 40.
Head: magpie hurl.
43. Sandy Moorgame:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a dark reddish-brown feather from the back of a Grouse.
Body: dark brown silk.
Head: same
44. Blue Partridge:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Partridge's back.
Body: blue silk dubbed with a little lead-colored lamb's wool.
45. Red Owl: (Brown Owl.)
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a red feather from a Brown Owl's wing; shorter in the fiber than that used for No. 5.
Body: orange silk.
Head: Peacock hurl.
46. Stone Bloa:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from a feather from under a Jack Snipe's wing.
Body: yellow silk.
Head: fibers from a Jack Snipe's feather.
47. Small Stone Bloa:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from a feather from Bluecap's tail.
Body: orange silk.
Legs: pale yellow fibers.
48. Greensleaves:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock's wing, or from a hen Pheasant's neck
Body: bright green silk
Head: same
49. Thornfly Dun:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a Landrail's feather, taken from under the wing
Body: orange silk
Head: Peacock hurl
50. Curlew:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a small feather from the outside of a young Curlew's wing (August at latest).
Body: orange silk for preference, but maroon or yellow will sometimes kill equally well.
51. Starling Bloa:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with the lightest feather from a young Starling's wing
Body: straw-colored silk. Some anglers prefer white silk
52. Small Ant:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Tomtit's tail
Body: a bright brownish Peacock's hurl; body dressed full
Head: a bright brownish Peacock's hurl
53. Fog Black:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from a Bullfinch's wing
Body: dark purple silk, dubbed with Heron's hurl; or, more sparingly, with black Ostrich hurl
Legs: from the Starling's neck
54. Cubdown Bloa:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: from the inside of a Swift's wing or from a Lapwing's apron
Body: yellow silk, dubbed with down from a Fox cub, or fur from a Water-rat**
Legs: from a Plover's feather
55. Cinnamon:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a Brown Owl's wing
Body: yellow silk, dubbed with fur from a Water-rat**
Head: Peacock hurl
56. Smoke Fly:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a feather from a young Grouse
Body: bright brown Peacock's hurl. It is sometimes dressed with a twist of silver round the body
57. Grey Partridge: (Grey Watchet)
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: hackled with a light feather from a Partridge's breast
Body: straw-colored silk
Head: Peacock hurl
58. Large Ant:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from a Starling's quill
Body: orange silk wrapped over the lower part, with three turns of a copper-colored Peacock's hurl
Head: Peacock's hurl
Legs: fibers from the light part of a Starling's quill feather
59. Sea Swallow:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: from a very light feather from the outside of a Sea Swallow's wing
Body: white silk
Legs: fibers from the wing feathers
60. July Dun:
Hook: 1 (#14)
Wings: from a Starling's quill
Body: yellow silk dubbed with a little Mole's fur
Legs: fiber from a bluish dun Hen's neck
61. Black Gnat:
Hook: 0, short. (#15)
Wings: none
Body: a little ostrich hurl
62. Black Snipe:
Hook: 0 (#15)
Wings: hackled with a Jack Snipe's feather from under the wing
Body: dark green peacock hurl
