brown hackle

American  

noun

Angling.

1. an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.

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brown hackle

It is little wonder that they would jump at a brown hackle, a professor or even a gaudy salmon fly.

From The Black Wolf Pack by Daniel Carter Beard

The Harry Longlegs—dubbed with darkish brown hair, and a brown hackle over it, head rather large.

From The Teesdale Angler by R. Lakeland

Dark Blue,—feather from Waterhen inside the wing,—reddish brown silk for body,—legs and tail brown hackle.

From The Teesdale Angler by R. Lakeland

Dark mottled grey for your wings, and a brown hackle, with a dark rather than a straw-coloured body, is the kind of fly we find most killing on the upper Coln.

From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs

Twitchbell—inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body.

From The Teesdale Angler by R. Lakeland