Trout Flies for the River
Clyde
Compliled by Tom Forsyth of Lesmahagow (1907 -
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Page twentyTrout Dry Flies for the River Clyde
BLUE DUN
Tail:
Blue dun fibres
Body:
Blue undercoat of rabbit on grey silk
Hackle:
two blue dun
IRON BLUE DUN
Tail:
Rusty red fibres
Body:
Mole’s fur or blue undercoat of rabbit on red silk
Hackle:
Dark blue with rusty red wound through it
ROUGH OLIVE
Tail:
Medium olive fibres
Body:
Olive fur on yellow silk
Rib:
Fine gold wire
Hackle:
Two small badger dyed medium olive
COCH-Y-BONDHU
Tail:
Orange floss
Body:
Bronze peacock herl with flat gold tinsel tip
Hackle:
two small furnace cock hackles
TUPP’S INDISPENSIBLE
Tail:
Honey dun fibres
Body:
Tail end yellow silk or floss and remainder pinkinsh wool from
underside of tup ram
Hackle:
Two honey dun
BLACK GNAT
Body:
Black silk
Hackle:
Small white hackle, with a black cock hackle slightly longer in
the fibre wound through it
GREENWELL SPIDER
Tail:
Golden pheasant tippet or yellow floss
Body:
Yellow silk ribbed with gold wire
Hackle:
Furnace, either light or dark
PHEASANT TAIL
Tail:
Cock pheasant tail fibres
Body:
Reddish strands from cock pheasant tail ( two wound together)
Rib:
Gold wire
Hackle:
Two small blue dun or small golden dun
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