HACKLES, &C. 



\vhich is of a fine yellow. These are all to be 

 had at the furriers. 



HACKLES^ 



These are the feathers that hang from the heacl 

 of a cocky down his neck, and likewise near his 

 tail, they are particularly used in making the 

 palmer fly; get the following colours of them, 

 viz. red, dun,yel/omsh 9 white, orange, and black ; 

 let not the fibres of them be above half an inch 

 long. Whenever you meet with a cocky whose 

 hackle is of a strong brown redy buy him, and 

 make the most of the hackles. Note, the fea- 

 thers of a bantam or cock-chick) are good for 

 nothing. 



FEATHERS. 



To make the wings of artificial flies, &c. it i$ 

 necessary to be provided with all kinds of fea- 

 thers ; procure therefore those from the back, 

 and other parts of the wild mallard or drake ; of 

 & partridge, particularly the red ones in the tail ; 

 those of a cock-pheasant's breast and tail ; also the 

 wings of a stare or starling, jay, land-rail, black- 

 bird, t/irosle, fieldfare, water-coot, and a brown 

 hen; likewise the top, or cop, of a pevit, plover, 

 or lap-zdng, peacock's herl, green, copper-colour- 

 ed, and white, also black ostrich's herl, and fea- 

 thers from the neck and wings of a heron. Ob- 

 serve, that in many instances hereafter that you 

 will meet with, where the mallard's feather is 

 set down for the wings of an artificial fly, 

 that the starling will be preferable, because it is 

 of finer grain, and will not imbibe the water s* 

 Hiuch, 



