Owenmore

Maned Fly, Mr Pat Hearn, 1850. Pattern as per Francis Francis.

Tag: Silver tinsel
Tail: A topping and a small jungle cock
Butt: Black ostrich herl
Body: Five joints of yellow and black floss alternately. At each joint there are two turns of silver twist and one turn of a red hackle stained light olive. From the back of each joint, manes of mohair, the first darkish claret, second dark red, third darker claret, fourth darker red, and fifth a mixture of yellow, brown and red. Just under each mane as a support, a feather is tied from the breast of an Indian crow, increasing in length (as do the manes) as they progress towards the head
Shoulder: First an olive hackle, then red rump feather of a golden pheasant tied in as a hackle. Over that again a turn or two of blue jay
Wings: Tippet fibres, golden pheasant tail and brown mallard followed by a topping
Horns: Blue macaw
Head: Black