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

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

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

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.

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

It is little wonder that they would jump at a brown hackle, a professor or even a gaudy salmon fly.

From The Black Wolf Pack by Beard, Daniel Carter