DRESSING PALMER-HACKLES. 109 



is dark, such as are larger and more conspicuously 

 coloured are required." 



Palmers kill better in England tlian in any 

 other part of the empire. They are better suited 

 to streams running somewhat smoothly through 

 flat districts, than to the precipitous ones that 

 dash through hills and mountains. I subjoin a 

 list of them. 



Black palmer-hackle. Body, black ostrich 

 harl, ribbed with gold twist. Black cock's hackle 

 wound over the whole. Hook, No. 4, 5, 6, or 7. 



When palmers are dressed large they may be 

 tied on two hooks whipped lengthways on the 

 gut. 



Brown palmer-hackle. Body, brown floss 

 silk, or brown fur, or mohair of a deep amber, or 

 P rich brown ostrich harl, ribbed alternately with 

 gold and silver twist; legs, a red cock's hackle. 

 Hook, No. 4, 5, 6, or 7. 



A plainer brown palmer. Body, mulberry- 

 coloured worsted, spun on brown silk thread; 

 legs, a fiery brown cock's hackle wound ever the 

 whole of the body. These two last palmers kill 

 well when the water is clearing after a flood. 



Red palmer -hackle. Body, dark red-coloured 

 mohair, with a little richly-tinted red fur inter- 

 mixed, to be ribbed with gold or silver twist ; legs, 

 a blood red cock's hackle. Hook, No. 4, 5, 6, or 7. 



A plainer red hackle. Body, a peacock harl 



