FEATHERS FOR FLIES' WINGS.


12-13-14 Are Jay feathers, fine and transparent in the fibre, and very good in colour the cinna-mon for sedges and the grey for Ephemera.

15. Is from the wing of a French partridge, and very useful for sedges. Easy to work.

16-17. Tail feathers from a partridge, good in colour but long in the fibre, and very apt to break up rather badly.

18. Partridge wing ; fine in colour and easy to work, just right for a grass moth or a small sedge.

19. A quail wing feather, used whole to imitate the big sedge "Grandis."

20-21-22 Grouse feathers. There are also several other shades on a grouse, equally good and useful, both in colour and texture.

23-24. Woodcock wing feathers; probably about the easiest to manipulate as wings, and useful in quite a number of flies, e.g., oak fly, sedges, etc.

25-26-27 Are from a brown owl. For sedges they are very good, especially the larger ones, but they must either be tied thick or supported, as they turn very soft after getting soaked.

28-29. Good in colour and markings for dark sedges, but all night-jar feathers soon knock to pieces, being so soft and fluffy, but for wet flies they are very good indeed, while they last.

30-31. Are from a Landrail, which is a grand bird for the fly dresser. The feathers are pleasant to work, and very attractive to the fish.



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