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

Dark mottled grey for your wings, and a brown hackle, with a dark rather than a straw-coloured body, is the kind of fly we find most killing on the upper Coln.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur

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

From The Teesdale Angler by Lakeland, R.

Twitchbell—inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body.

From The Teesdale Angler by Lakeland, R.

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.

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