Usk Grub

Colonel Bates, middle of the 19th century. Pattern as per Colonel Bates.

Tag: Fine round silver tinsel
Tail: A bunch of fibres from a red golden pheasant body feather protruding as long as the body
Body: In equal halves; rear half, hot orange seal's fur with a suggestion of yellow mixed in; front half, black seal's fur
Ribs: Fine oval silver tinsel
Middle Hackle: Between both halves, a small hot orange hackle followed by a small white hackle, both tilting slightly backward, one turn of each only
Throat: Two turns of a coch-y-bondhu hackle with fibres as long as the body
Wings: A pair of jungle cock feathers of same length as the throat, tied one on each side to form an upward "V" of about 45 degrees
Head: Red tying thread or red varnish