DESCRIPTION TROUT-FLY PATTERNS 



GRAY DRAKE (three patterns) : 

 Wings, gray mottled (mallard) ; 

 Body, white ribbed with black; Legs, gray hackle; 

 Tail, gray mottled or black hackle or none. 



Or 



Wings, brown; Body, dark gray; 

 Legs, gray mottled hackle; Tail, brown. 



Or 



Wings, purple mottled; 

 Body, white ribbed with silver tinsel and tipped with 



green (peacock) herl; 

 Legs, purple mottled hackle; Tail, gray. 



GREEN DRAKE (diversified see May-fly) : 

 Wings, yellow-green mottled; 

 Body, white ribbed with black or blue silk; 

 Legs, yellow-green or brown hackle; Tail, gray mottled. 



Or 



Wings, brown mottled; Body, white ribbed with blue; 

 Legs, brown hackle; Tail, gray mottled. 



Or with 



Body, white and brown mottled with posterior half ribbed 

 with black, green, or yellow; and Tail, dark brown. 



BROWN HEN (GOVERNOR) : 



Wings, dark brown mottled (turkey) ; 

 Body, green (peacock) herl tipped with short red silk tag; 

 Legs, brown' hackle; without the wings this pattern is 

 called Red Tag. 



BROWN (RED) HACKLE (or PALMER seven patterns): 

 Body, brown (ostrich) or green (peacock) herl; 

 Legs, brown hackle; with the hackle wound whole length 

 of body, this pattern is called Brown Palmer. 



With the 



Body (corpulent), green herl ribbed with gold tinsel; 

 Legs, brown hackle with black root, tied very bushy: the 



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