APPENDIX 



A FEW USEFUL PATTERNS* 



Hackle, unless specified, means a cock's hackle, and refers 

 to the body or ribbing hackle, which, unless otherwise 

 stated, always begins at the second turn of the ribbing 

 tinsel or ribs. 



Herl, unless otherwise stated, means Ostrich herl. 



Floss means floss silk. 



Jay, as a throat or a hackle, refers, of course, to the blue- 

 barred wing coverts. 



Tinsel, where not specified, means either flat or oval 

 tinsel according to choice. 



Tippet invariably refers to the Golden Pheasant ruff 

 feather. 



Topping invariably refers to Golden Pheasant crest 

 feather. 



Twist means silver twist. 



* The dressings are given in the usual fly-dressing phraseology. 

 The component parts of each pattern are mentioned, of course, 

 in the order in which they are tied in e.g., for tails " a topping 

 and Jungle Cock " means that the Jungle Cock feather is placed 

 (best surface uppermost) over the topping ; " first half" of body 

 means the posterior half; "pale orange, deep orange, fiery 

 brown, and pale blue Seal's fur " for a body, means in that order 

 from tbe posterior extremity towards the head ; the materials for 

 wings first mentioned refer to the portions first tied in and so 

 forth. 



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