DESCRIPTION TROUT-FLY PATTERNS 



THE BEST TROUT FLIES 



(NOTE. "Brown" hackle means a chestnut; "red" hackle means a foxy 

 red and not scarlet. The finely-mottled or -barred feathers from the breast 

 of the mallard, wood duck, teal, widgeon, and pintail, which are much used 

 for wings, are very similar and practically interchangeable. A stubbed 

 tail accessory, whether of feather fiber or other material, is termed a "tag.") 



ABBEY: 



Wings, gray mottled (widgeon); 



Body, red ribbed with gold tinsel; Legs, brown hackle; 



Tail, orange and black barred (golden-pheasant hackle or 



breast) . 

 ALDER: 



Wings, dark brown mottled (turkey) ; 

 Body (corpulent or moth), green (peacock) herl; 

 I^egs, black hackle. 

 BEE (various patterns) : 



Wings, brown tipped with black (end of brown turkey 



tail-feather) or black; 



Body, alternate rings of black (ostrich) herl and yellow; 

 Legs, brown hackle or yellow. 



Or 



Wings, same; Body, brown herl ribbed with gold tinsel; 

 Legs, black hackle. 



Or 



Wings, gray mottled; 



Body, yellow and black chenille in alternate rings; 

 Legs, red hackle. 



Or 



Wings, blue heron; Body, same as above; 

 Legs, brown hackle. 



Or 



Wings, dark brown; 



Body, yellow ribbed with green (peacock) herl. 

 Legs, brown hackle. 

 BEAVERKILL: 



Wings, lead (blue heron or slate-colored feather of duck 

 or pigeon); Body, white silk; 

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