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... golden plover , snipe , and some other wild fowl , afford excellent hackles . Golden pheasant's feathers from the head and neck are most valuable for salmon flies . Furs can be easily got at the furriers ' . Those most wanted are bear's ...
... golden plover , snipe , and some other wild fowl , afford excellent hackles . Golden pheasant's feathers from the head and neck are most valuable for salmon flies . Furs can be easily got at the furriers ' . Those most wanted are bear's ...
Page 95
... gold tip . Hook , No. 12 . No. 11. The cuckoo dun . - Body , lightest part of water - rat's fur , mixed with yellow mohair ; wings , hen pheasant's wing - feather ; legs , a dun cock's hackle , with dark bars like a cuckoo's back ...
... gold tip . Hook , No. 12 . No. 11. The cuckoo dun . - Body , lightest part of water - rat's fur , mixed with yellow mohair ; wings , hen pheasant's wing - feather ; legs , a dun cock's hackle , with dark bars like a cuckoo's back ...
Page 96
... gold twist , and the other without . The best time for fishing with this fly is between the hours of eleven and three o ... pheasant's wing ; tail , two fibres of the same feather . Rib with gold twist for your tail - fly , and let your ...
... gold twist , and the other without . The best time for fishing with this fly is between the hours of eleven and three o ... pheasant's wing ; tail , two fibres of the same feather . Rib with gold twist for your tail - fly , and let your ...
Page 97
... pheasant's wing - feather , or grey mot- tled feathers of the partridge's ... gold twist , and tied on with brown silk ; wings , starling's wing - feather ... gold twist , and two black - red or furnace hackles , struck with strict ...
... pheasant's wing - feather , or grey mot- tled feathers of the partridge's ... gold twist , and tied on with brown silk ; wings , starling's wing - feather ... gold twist , and two black - red or furnace hackles , struck with strict ...
Page 100
... pheasant . To be tipped with pale gold twist . Hook , Nos . 8 , 9 , and 10 . No. 20. The sand - fly . - Body , bright sandy- coloured fur from the hare's neck , mixed with a very small quantity of orange - coloured mohair ; legs , a ...
... pheasant . To be tipped with pale gold twist . Hook , Nos . 8 , 9 , and 10 . No. 20. The sand - fly . - Body , bright sandy- coloured fur from the hare's neck , mixed with a very small quantity of orange - coloured mohair ; legs , a ...
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