The Angler's Flies 141 



tering fly, is tied after this fashion : the 

 wings flowing toward the shank instead 

 of away from it, as in the make-up of our 

 universal fly. 



The difference in the water is in the 

 fluttering fly's wings expanding and flut- 

 tering, instead of closing up to the hook 

 like our first and most commonly used 

 fly's wings. 



Artificial flies are made of the wild 

 turkey's tail, the tail of the American 

 ruffed grouse, the neck and tail of the 

 English grouse, the yellowish-tinged neck 

 feathers of the ptarmigan, the tail of the 

 cock and hen pheasants, the neck of both 

 these, and the wing coverts of the hen; 

 the black, white, brown and white-barred 

 feathers from under the wing of the gray 

 duck, wood duck, canvasback, mallard, 

 teal, and widgeon ; the neck and tail of 

 the peacock, the neck feathers of various 

 colored cocks commonly called hackles 

 (black, red, yellow, gray, marled, and 

 white, for dyeing blue, green, plum, 



