Terms - V
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Variant:
A variety of flies tied with extra long hackle. Also
any multi-colored hackle feather. Similar to Spider
Flies, but Variants may have small tails.
Veil:
A thin, nearly transparent feather placed over an
inner wing, through which the inner wing partly shows.
Veiling:
Term for trailer hair or feather fibers which stream
back from body joints. Found mostly on salmon flies.
See - Trailers.
Veined Wing Material:
Commercially made plastic, very thin, which has
printed veining. Useful for imitating veined wings
of some Mayflies or other lacy winged flies. May
be cut to shape and size.
Venery Pheasant:
Skins from this bird provide a wide range of fly
tying materials. Also know as the Reeve Pheasant.
Vibrator Wings:
Formed of fine hackle tips tied slightly forward
over the eye of the hook. They tend to vibrate or
move with wind and water action creating a semblence
of life to the fly.
Originally published c. 2003 on Fly Anglers Online.