Trout Wet Flies for the River Clyde (cont)
GOLD RIBBED HARE'S EAR
Tail:
2 or 3 fibres of marled feather of partridge tail
Body:
Dark fur from Hare's Ear dubbed on orange silk
Rib:
Narrow gold tinsel
Hackle:
a little of the body dressing, picked out as feet
Wing:
From secondary feather of starling wing, set at about 45 degrees
WATERHEN & BLACK
Body:
Black tying silk
Hackle:
Black
Wing:
From secondary feather of waterhen wing, light side out and tied flat among hook
shank
COWDUNG
Body:
Yellowish olive fur dubbed on yellow silk and made fairly bulky
Hackle:
Dark furnace tied in front of wing
Wing:
Secondary feather of starling wing tied flat
STARLING TIP
Tail:
2 or 3 black feather fibres
Body:
Black or red silk
Hackle:
Primrose yellow silk
Wing:
2 yellowish tipped starling body feathers, placed back to back with coloured
side out and set upright
BLAE & YELLOW (Light olive)
Tail:
2 or 3 dyed yellow feather fibres
Body:
Yellow silk
Hackle:
Primrose yellow
Wing:
Smokey blue secondary feather of Snipe wing, blue Jay or Fieldfare, light side
out and set upright
MEDIUM OLIVE
Tail:
2 or 3 olive coloured feather fibres
Body:
Stripped peacock quill from eye feather, usually dyed yellow to
make markings more distinctive
Hackle:
Olive
Wing:
Smokey blue secondary feather of Snipe wing, blue Jay or Fieldfare, set upright
SAND FLY
Body:
Grey silk or black ribbed with blue
Hackle:
Black and fairly long in fibre
Wing:
Marled sandy coloured part of hen pheasant tail, tied flat along hook shank
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