Dhoon Fly

Simple Strip Wing, early 19th century. Pattern as per Francis Francis.

Tag: Gold tinsel and ruby floss
Tail: A topping
Butt: Black ostrich herl
Body: In four joints, of bright yellow floss; at every joint a large wad of bright yellow wool is tied in for a hackle, and left very long and bushy; in the two lower joints it is yellow wool, the upper two bright orange-yellow pig's wool very long and bushy
Rib: Gold twist
Throat: A yellow hackle and over it an orange hackle
Wings: Two big strips of bright orange dyed swan
Cheeks: Two long kingfisher or chatterer feathers
Head: Black