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

I do not hesitate to say that I have taken more trout, of all kinds, on a brown hackle with peacock herl body, than any of the other common wet fly patterns.

From How to Tie Flies by Gregg, Ellery Clark

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

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

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

For Northern Pennsylvania: Queen of the waters, professor, red fox, coachman, black may, white-winged coachman, wasp, brown hackle, Seth Green.

From Woodcraft by Sears, George Washington