Trout Wet Flies for the River Clyde (cont)
BLACK SPIDER
Tail:
Black Feather Fibres
Body:
Black
Hackle:
Black
PARTRIDGE TAIL & BLACK
Body:
Black
Hackle:
Black
Wing:
Marled tail of Partridge
GREENWELL SPIDER
Tail:
Dark olive fibres
Body:
Yellow
Rib:
Gold wire
Hackle:
Furnace to start, ginger tipped later
BLAE & HARELUG
Tail:
Strands of Marled Partridge Tail
Body:
Dark Hare's Ear or Yellow Silk
Rib:
Gold wire
Hackle:
Black
Wing:
Starling ( at 45 degrees)
HEN BLACKIE
Body:
Waxed yellow silk
Rib:
One turn of gold tinsel (optional)
Hackle:
Black tied in front of wing
Wing:
From secondary wing feather of hen blackbird, light side out and tied flat along
hook shank
BLAE & BLACK
Tail:
Two or three black feather fibres, or with a touch of Red Ibis
(latter optional)
Body:
Black tying silk sometimes ribbed with fine silver tinsel
Hackle:
Black
Wing:
The lightest part of secondary wing feather of starling, light side out and set
upright
BLUE WINGED OLIVE
Tail:
3 olive coloured fibres
Body:
Olive fur dubbed on yellow silk
Rib:
Fine gold wire
Hackle:
Medium Olive
Wing:
Smokey blue from the secondary wing feather of snipe or fieldfare, light side
out and tied upright
COCK PHEASANT TAIL
Body:
Black silk
Wing:
From marled feather of cock pheasant tail, marled side out, tied flat along hook
shank
Hackle:
Black, slightly longer than usual
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