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Feather-Hair Equivalents
By William Bayard Sturgis
[Publisher's Note:] The feathers are listed first, with the corresponding fur and hair equivalents following.
2. Mottled grey mallard and teal breast, as in the Professor, Grizzly King, etc. : Mottled gray woodchuck, for small flies. Mixed grey and white bucktail, or woodchuck, for large flies. 3. Plain grey starling, blackbird, etc., as in Beaverkill, Hare's Ear, etc. : Grey-dyed calf tail, for small flies. Grey bucktail, for large flies. 4. Black crow, as in Black Prince, etc. : Black calf tail, for small flies. Black bear, skunk, and dyed bucktail for large flies. 5. Bark mottled brown turkey, as in Montreal, Governor, etc. : Selected special dark woodchuck, for small flies. Woodchuck tail, or dark brownish-grey bucktail, for large flies. 6. Light mottled brown pheasant, as in March Brown, etc. : Mottled brown and tan woodchuck, for small flies. Mixed gray and brown bucktail, for large flies. 7. "Lemon Wood-duck," as in Cahill, etc. : Light tan mottled woodchuck, for small flies. Tan bucktail, mixed with white bucktail, or polar bear, for large flies. 8. White-tipped grey mallard wing, as in McGinty. : White tipped grey woodchuck. 9. Scarlet, blue, yellow, etc, other than "laterals" (side-strips). : Dyed calf tail, for small flies, Dyed bucktail, or goat, for large flies. 10. Reddish brown, as in Brown Sedge, etc. : Dyed calf tail, or red fox, for small slies. Woodchuck belly or or reddish brown bucktail for large flies.
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