Gadzooks! herl and tinfoil 150 years ago !
... and I thought that peacocks were extinct in Canada by the late 1700's.
MK
--- Paul Marriner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wes, you might be interested in one of the Canadian patterns I dug up
> during my researches from the mid-1800's. It's called the Indian
> Streamer because it was created by a Canadian First Nation's fly fisher.
> The description is as was found in a circa 1850 text:
> Body: white worsted [wool] thickly bound round
> Belly: piece of tinfoil (today we use silver Mylar tinsel)
> Back & Tail: a good bunch of peacock herl inserted at the head, bound
> down along the back and secured at the end to the shank leaving a little
> projection to represent the tail
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