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the body of red or crimson mohair, wrapped with gold or 

 silver thread ; hackle dyed crimson. It is seldom used as a 

 drop-fly. 



The Brown Maclcle is scarcely inferior to the Eed. I have 

 used it with great satisfaction on the subsiding of a freshet, 

 when the water had become rather bright for the Eed Hackle, 

 on the same sized hooks, and especially as a stretcher, from 9 

 A. M. to 4 p. M. The hackle of most appropriate color for this 

 fly is not easily obtained. I have sometimes found it on 

 the necks of capons, which are brought to our market picked, 

 with the exception of the neck and head. What is termed a 

 furnace-hackle is frequently used in tying this fly, for a cock 

 with brown hackles on his tail-coverts is seldom found. I 

 invariably dress the body of the Brown Hackle with the 

 darkest copper-colored peacock's hurl, the tail tipped with 

 gold tinsel. 



The Ginger Hackle. — The hackle used for this fly is a 

 yellowish or a very pale red ; it is frequently taken from the 

 neck of a cock whose tail-coverts are of a tint deep enough 

 for the Eed Hackle. The Ginger Hackle is better used as a 

 drop-fly than as a stretcher ; the body should be of dubbing 

 of the same color as the hackle, and wrapped with silver 

 thread if it is used for a stretcher. When it is used for a 

 dropper, the body may be of orange or lemon colored floss 

 silk ; the latter tint is preferable towards sundown. The hook 

 used should not be larger than No. 7 ; No. 9 or 10 is not too 

 small on still, smooth water. Where the hackle is very pale, 

 this fly will kill as long as you can see it on the water. It 

 is sometimes dressed Palmer fashion, though I do not like 

 it so well as when it is tied simply as a Hackle. I generally 

 tie it — as I do most Hackles — on a Kirby hook, on account 

 of its superior hooking qualities. 



Blade Hackles are better for drop-flies. As they are ased 



