Sir Francis Sykes

Mixed Wing, Farlow, middle of 19th century. Pattern as per Sir Herbert Maxwell.

Tag: Silver wire and bright blue floss
Tail: A topping with fibres of teal and a blue chatterer
Body: Cinnamon mohair
Rib: Fiat silver twist
Hackle: Golden brown cock's over body and at shoulder
Wings: Fibres of tippet (in large flies the tippet may be introduced whole), strips of gold pheasant tail, bustard, yellow, blue, green and scarlet dyed swan; slices of wood duck over
Head: Scarlet worsted