14 SALMON FLIES 



totally different colour to the ribbing 

 hackle. Sometimes there are two throat 

 hackles. Usually the hackles are domestic 

 cock's hackles, and more often than not 

 these are dyed-. Throat hackles, however, 

 are very commonly what are termed 

 coarse-fibred feathers e.g., Gallina, Teal, 

 Jay. 



The Spey cock's hackle is a peculiarity 

 which must be regarded as an exception, 

 both in character and in the manner in 

 . which it is put on. 



Heron hackles (grey and black), and 

 feathers from the thigh of the Golden 

 Eagle (dyed and natural), are very fre- 

 quently used as ribbing hackles in the 

 Dee strip-wing patterns. 



G is the Wing (g being the under wing, 

 g the upper or covering wing). From 

 the fact that the wing is the most 

 difficult part of the salmon fly to dress, 

 and that it admits of the greatest amount 

 of variation, both in colouring, quality, 

 quantity, and method of putting on, it is 

 generally regarded as the most character- 

 istic feature in salmon flies, and through 



