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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Example Sentences

Stone Blue,—feather from Blackbird inside the wing, or Swift,—brown silk for body, brown hackle for legs.

From The Teesdale Angler by Lakeland, R.

It seemed only an attractive novelty and I still believed a brown hackle would suffice.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

Little Black Ant—feather of a Bluecap's tail for wings, black Ostrich herl dressed small in the middle for body, brown hackle for legs.

From The Teesdale Angler by Lakeland, R.

I was only half listening, for a brown hackle and a Montreal were competing for the middle place on my cast, and it was a vital point.

From Joy in the Morning by Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman

Wings, small red-brown wood duck breast feathers, feelers dark brown hackle, and a large black head.

From How to Tie Flies by Gregg, Ellery Clark