herl

How to use herl in a sentence

• Red Clock,—wings and legs red; Peacock's brown herl, and bright red silk for body.

  The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland

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

  The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland

• Body greenish herl of Peacock,—ribbed with gold tinsel,—wrapt with red silk,—red hackle over all.

  The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland

• A brown mallard, or dark hen-pheasant tail for wing, a black hackle for legs, and the necessary peacock-herl body.

  Prose Idylls | Charles Kingsley

• Wind silk floss (E) over the herl about half way up the hook.

  How to Tie Flies | E. C. Gregg