CHAPTER X. 



HACKLES. 



No. Plate io. 



1. The cochybondu is a very difficult feather 

 to get in small sizes. It is, however, much 

 more plentiful in larger sizes, as the small 

 feathers are apt to be too black. The example 

 shown is a good one, having good black, 

 "list" next the quill, then good deep red and 

 black tips. It is the black tips which dis- 



2. tinguish it from No. 2. The furnace hackles 

 3-4-5. (Nos. 3, 4, 5) call for no special comment. 



6. No. 6 — a real, bright "brassey" — is not met 

 every day. It is the best possible base for 

 dying on, and also makes first rate wings for 



7-9. "lacewings" and "yellow sallies," &c. The 

 dark and light badgers are favourites for many 

 hackled and wing flies, and No. 8, "black 

 yellow black," is the original hackle of Green- 

 well's Glory. 

 10. The brown badger is not used as much 



as it might be. It makes a very good imitation 

 of brown or white legs, which are often seen 

 in nature. 

 11-12- Three shades from the neck of a game 



^3- hen. These are sometimes called "honey 

 duns," and may be obtained in a very wide 

 range of shades, most of them being useful. 



