

CHAPTER XII. 



FEATHERS FOR FLIES' WINGS. 



PLATE 12. 

 Fig. 



12-13 Are Jay feathers, fine and transparent in 



! 4- the fibre, and very good in colour the cinna- 

 mon for sedges and the grey for Ephemera. 



15. Is from the wing of a French partridge, 



and very useful for sedges. Easy to work. 



16-17. Tail feathers from a partridge, good in 



colour but long in the fibre, and very apt to 

 break up rather badly. 



1 8. Partridge wing ; fine in colour and easy 

 to work, just right for a grass moth or a small 

 sedge. 



19. A quail wing feather, used whole to 

 imitate the big sedge "Grandis." 



20-21- Grouse feathers. There are also several 



22 ' other shades on a grouse, equally good and 

 useful, both in colour and texture. 



23-24. Woodcock wing feathers; probably about 



the easiest to manipulate as wings, and useful 

 in quite a number of flies, e.g., oak fly, sedges, 



etc. 



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