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

The gut carries three flies—a brown hackle, a coachman, with a Jock Scott at the tail—a rainbow aggregation.

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

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

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

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

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

From The Teesdale Angler by Lakeland, R.