Trout Dry Flies for the River Clyde (cont)
BLACK SPIDER
Body:
Black silk
Hackle:
2 black cock hackles
Can also be made with peacock herl body
MARCH BROWN SPIDER
Tail:
Marled cock pheasant tail
Body:
Dark hare's lug on orange silk
Rib:
Gold wire
Hackle:
Small dark marled black feather of partridge, cut to suitable
length, stiff ginger cock hackle
RED SPIDER
Body:
Yellow or Orange silk
Hackle:
two reddish brown cock hackles
DARK OLIVE
Tail:
Greenish olive fibres
Body:
Stripped quill of peacock marled eye
Hackle:
dark blue dun with olive wound through it
BLUE WINGED OLIVE
Tail:
Medium olive
Body:
Greenish olive fur on yellow silk
Rib:
Gold wire
Hackle:
Blue dun with medium olive wound through it
MEDIUM OLIVE
Tail:
2 or 3 olive fibres
Body:
Stripped peacock eyed quill
Hackle:
Medium olive
LIGHT OLIVE
Tail:
Primrose
Body:
Yellow silk or peacock quill dyed yellow
Hackle:
Blue dun with primrose wound through it
BLUE UPRIGHT
Tail:
Blue dun fibres
Body:
Well marked quill from peacock eye
Hackle:
Blue dun
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