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

I had a dog once, Luke, that was snapping at flies in general as he was lying on the porch here, and he snapped at a brown hackle fly that was hitched onto a fish-line.

From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman

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.

In fishing a trout stream in northern Michigan I was using a cast of a Parmachenee belle and a brown hackle.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker

Another fly, with brown body, brown hackle, brown wings, and tail, ribbed with gold.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William

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