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

Under arching willow, and by promising rock, his brown hackle flickered temptingly, placed by an expert hand.

From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

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.

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

Little Brown,—feather from inside of Woodcock's wing, red copper coloured silk for body, and brown hackle for legs.

From The Teesdale Angler by Lakeland, R.

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