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Canvasback:
This duck provides some of the finest nashua and
flank feathers used in fly tying. Wing primaries
are of top quality for dry fly wings in grays
and gray-browns.
Capras:
Chinese goat hair. White in color. Also Capra.
Cast:
Hue or shade of color.
Cat Gut:
Term given to silkworm gut. Actually a
comparatively heavy silk used prior to nylon
material for leaders.
Catskill Style Flies:
Flies originated in the watersheds of the
Catskill mountains of Eastern U.S. Tied sparse,
with thin bodies, unsplaved tails. Dry Flies of
the Catskills emulate neatness and daintiness
and have set a precedence for a type or style of
trout fly since the era of Gordon, Hewitt,
Steenrod and Christian.
CDC: (cul de canard)
The feathers found near the oil glands on
primarily ducks. The unusual structure of the
feather itself provides floatation.
Center Joint:
A buildup of wool, chenille or herl near the
center portion of the fly body, similar to the
butt. Used mainly in fancy and salmon fly
patterns. Sometimes called mid-joint.
Cerise:
Color - a cherry-red.
Chartreuse:
Color - Yellowish-green.
Chatterer:
Species of this bird provide silver doctor blue,
dark blue and other shades of blue feathers used
for wings, tails and some hackles on smaller
flies. Also used for trailer feathers and cheeks
on some salmon flies.
Cheek:
Short feather tied in over the shoulder area and
just behind the eye. Found mostly in salmon
flies.
Chestnut:
Color - Rich light brown.
Chin:
Term sometimes used to refer to beard.
See- Beard and Throat.
Chinchilla:
The fur of the chinchilla rodent. Also a term
given by some tiers to grizzly hackle.
Chinese Biot:
Strip of fibers taken from the short side of a
primary duck flight feather, used to simulate
extended dorsal fins of baitfish.
See - Biot.
Chuck:
See Groundhog and Rock chuck. Guard hairs
usually white tipped, and make excellent hair
wing flies.
Chuckor:
Partridge of mountains of New Zealand. Well
marked plumage makes this bird a very desirable
material for tying.
Claret:
Color - Purplish-red. Sometimes called Wine.
Closed Wing:
Formed with two matched wing sections placed
downwing with concave sides together.
Coachman Brown Hackle:
Dark, flat brown with dull finish.
Cochin:
Large domestic Asiatic fowl, having thick
plumage, small wings and tail. Heavy feathering
on legs and feet. Colored white, black, brown
and mottled brown.
Cockatoosh:
Style of hackling. Same as palmered hackle, but
in case of cockatoosh style, hackle is wound on
shank only, with no body underneath other than a
possible single thread wrap.
See Lady's Fish Finder.
Cock Of The Rock:
The deep orange and brown feathers are used for
wings and hackles on some smaller flies. The
orange feathers are used as shoulders and
trailers on some salmon patterns. A dyed or
orange hen hackle is a good substitute.
Coch-Y-Bondhu:
Brown hackle with black center stripe or list
and with black edges.
Collar:
Hackle wound at the very front of the fly.
Usually only one or two wraps and usually of a
brighter color than other hackle on the fly.
Also called face or facing, or, front hackle.
May also refer to any shoulder hackling.
Coot:
Body feathers from this water bird provide some
fine dun to iron dun winging material. Wing
feathers run darker in shades of gray than most
duck feathers.
Copper Pheasant:
The mottled deep red, golden, and varying shades
of white feathers from this bird are most useful
in fly tying.
Corn Drake:
Not common, this rail type bird comes from
Europe. The wing feathers are used for fly wing
material .
Counter-Rib:
Ribbing material such as tinsel or wire wrapped
in the opposite direction of the hackling.
Process binds palmered hackles more securely to
the fly. Used mainly in Atlantic salmon Spey fly
construction.
Covert:
Term sometimes used to describe wingcase on
nymphs. Also Cussette feathers on duck wings are
called wing coverts.
Coyote:
Fur of this North American animal comes in all
shades of brown to white. Black-tipped guard
hairs effective as streamer wings. Hair has
quick drying property.
See - Montana Coyote dry fly.
Cream:
Color - Off white. May have yellowish tinge.
Cream Hackle:
Deep ivory white hackles.
Cree Variant Hackle:
Barred gray, white and ginger.
Cree:
Brown grizzly.
Creme:
Color - Refers to a very light ginger.
Creme Hackle:
Another name for Cream but may be also a
transluscent white.
Crest:
Feathers from the top-knot on the head of some
birds. Golden Pheasant crest is the most
popularly used form. It is a brilliant
golden-yellow and appears like spun glass
fibers. Used for tails and toppings on flies.
See also - Topping.
Cuckoo Hackle:
British term for grizzly or Plymouth Rock
feather.
Curon:
Synthetic material similar to floss, used to
build up fly bodies. Trade name.
Cussette:
Wing covert feather.
Cut Wings:
Usually body feathers, with center rib, but to
shape and size desired to use as fly wings,
placed usually upright and divided on dry flies.
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