Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 357
... HACKLE may be fished with either as stretcher or dropper ; Has no wings ; the body , a little lead - coloured mohair or silk , with a smoky - dun cock's hackle . It is made by fastening the hackle at the bottom , where it is finished ...
... HACKLE may be fished with either as stretcher or dropper ; Has no wings ; the body , a little lead - coloured mohair or silk , with a smoky - dun cock's hackle . It is made by fastening the hackle at the bottom , where it is finished ...
Page 368
... hackle be proportioned in length to its size . Another mode of dressing flies is thus recommended . For a Hackle or Palmer , having selected materials , shorten the superfluous parts of the hackle , so as to have no use for the scissars ...
... hackle be proportioned in length to its size . Another mode of dressing flies is thus recommended . For a Hackle or Palmer , having selected materials , shorten the superfluous parts of the hackle , so as to have no use for the scissars ...
Page 14
... hackle , and a red one a little larger ; and for the head , a bit of deep red mohair . To make this fly , proceed as ... hackle upwards between the laps of the twist , rather lower than the middle of each space , and bring it twice round ...
... hackle , and a red one a little larger ; and for the head , a bit of deep red mohair . To make this fly , proceed as ... hackle upwards between the laps of the twist , rather lower than the middle of each space , and bring it twice round ...
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