92 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
Hackle. Body. Whisk. 
|r. ‘Green’ Dark green . . | Darkish green es 
ing silk, lightly|| Cut end of 
waxed with co- hackle. 
lourless wax 
2. ‘Brown’ | ‘Fiery’ (or cin- | Dark orange sew-' 
namon) brown, | ing — silk, well 
(not ‘claret | waxed with cob- 
brown’). . .| bler’s wax, and}| Cut end of 
then drawn tightly | hackle. 
between the finger 
andthumb. . . 
3- ‘ Yellow’ | Darkish ‘golden | ‘Golden yellow’ 
Cut end of 
| hackle. 
olive’. . . .| sewing silk lightly 
waxed with co- 
lourless wax 
It is almost unnecessary to observe that the colour of 
a hackle can only be judged by holding it between the 
eye and the light—the position also in which it is per- 
ceived by the fish. The cinnamon or “fiery brown” 
hackle when thus examined becomes shot with smoky 
yellowish lights, and the golden olive with transparent 
golden yellows. The green hackle also, if properly 
dyed, should, when thus examined, assume a lighter and 
more liquid tint of green. Natural coloured hackles do 
not present these beautiful effects, and therefore for all 
flies hackles artificially stained are to be preferred. For 
small flies “neck” hackles are preferable to “saddle” 
hackles, as they are softer in the fibre, and thus show 
more movement in the water. 
Floss silk will not answer at all for dressing these ; 
