Trout Wet Flies for the River Clyde (cont)
GROUSE HACKLE (evening fly)
Body:
Yellow floss with one turn of gold tinsel at tail
Hackle:
Small body feather of grouse
BLACK GNAT
Body:
Black silk
Wing:
From secondary feather of starling wing, light side out, tied
very small and set upright
Hackle:
Black cock
BLAE & GINGER
Tail:
2 or 3 fibres from ginger hackle
Body:
Orange silk
Wing:
From secondary feather of starling wing, light side out, set
upright
Hackle:
Ginger
NEEDLE BROWN
Body:
Crimson silk
Hackle:
Small inside feather from snipe's wing nearest to shoulder, or
starling breast feather
Head:
Bronze peacock herl
HAWTHORN
Body:
Black Ostrich herl
Wing:
From secondary wing feather of starling wing (bottom of wing)
light side out, set upright
Hackle:
Black
CORNCRAKE
Body:
Orange silk
Wing:
From secondary feather of pale Rhode Island Red wing, light side
out, tied flat
Hackle:
Ginger
MARLED CORNCRAKE
Body:
Orange silk
Wing:
Secondary feather of Rhode Island Red hen wing, light side out,
with a few fibres of marled Partridge tail feather on either side of wings to
represent wings, then tie wing flat along shank
Hackle:
Light red or ginger
CINNAMON SEDGE
Body:
Gold floss or gold tinsel
Wing:
Secondary feather of Rhode Island Red hen wing, dark side out,
tied flat
Hackle:
Light red or ginger
BADGER DUN
Tail:
2 or 3 fibres from badger cock
Body:
Silver grey tying silk
Wing:
Light starling, light side out tied upright
Hackle:
Light grey dun
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