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Found in Andrew Herd's Trout Fly Patterns 1496-1916 V2. as listed by William Daniel in Rural Sports,1807
Body, peacock's ruddy herl; red cock's hackle; warp with red silk.

Hook- Dai Riki 070 #14
Thread-Kimono #318 Silk
Body- Peacock Herl
Hackle- Streamer Neck Dyed Claret...

RIMG7317 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Thats extra pretty Bill! Great job!

That is, indeed, a nicely dressed fly. It makes me wonder though, did they have dyed rooster necks back then, or did the originator describe it as red when it was actually a reddish brown. I think of an English Red Grouse pelt only has a reddish brown coloration, and well marked too. Just thinking aloud, as they say.

It does go to show that back in the early days peacock was considered a really good material.

Ron, I agree with you on the "red" color, but I don't have any Rhode Island Red Rooster feathers and liked the Claret one I found in my feather supply.

Roadkill wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:59 am Ron, I agree with you on the "red" color, but I don't have any Rhode Island Red Rooster feathers and liked the Claret one I found in my feather supply.

I'm a sucker for anything claret. That being said, my neighbor down the road a bit has several Rhode Island Red, rooster and hen, that may come up missing some evening. You wouldn't think he'd miss two...right?

Ron,
The other reason I didn't use a Brown "Red" hackle was I intended to tie some hot versions of the Brown and Gray Hackle Peacocks. Here is a hot off the vise. #16 BHP tied with Hot Orange Tail fibers and FL Fire Orange Thread.

RIMG7329 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Ya kicked it up a notch! BAM!!!

Love it

Roadkill wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 6:25 pm Ron,
The other reason I didn't use a Brown "Red" hackle was I intended to tie some hot versions of the Brown and Gray Hackle Peacocks. Here is a hot off the vise. #16 BHP tied with Hot Orange Tail fibers and FL Fire Orange Thread.

RIMG7329 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Oh, Heck yes. I like the look of that one. Bet the fish will like it too.

The Peacock Hackle scored on 8" and 10" Brown Trout this morning on the Middle Deschutes.

I didn't give it much of a test yesterday before I left it hanging on a Juniper on a missed strike and put the Peacock Fly on to replace it on point.