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Face or Facing:
One or two wraps of hackle at the very front of
a fly. Became popular when bi-visible flies were
first tied. In fact, the extra facing gave rise
to the term "bi-visible". A light colored facing
provided higher visibility for the angler in dim
light. Usually tied as a collar, but may be tied
under the fly as the fore part of a beard or
chin.
Fancy Flies:
Flies not representing a natural insect. These
flies are sometimes called "attractor flies" and
are often quite gaudy. Also any fly with the
appearance of being over-dressed.
Fanned:
Practice of spreading out fibers or hairs when
applying wings. Opposed to a tight bunch of
fibers. Represents open, or, fluttering wings of
an insect.
Faragney:
N/a A feather?
Feather Description:
Refer to especially Fly Dresser's Guide by John
Veniard, for excellent material descriptions and
uses.
Feather Twist:
Process of using feathers or feather fibers to
form body material. Fibers are tied in and then
twisted once or twice, wrapped around hook shank
and then tied off.
See also - Twist Wrap.
Fibril:
A hackle or feather fiber.
Fibril Hooks:
See - Barbules.
Fiery Brown:
Color - A shiny dark rich brown as used in the
Royal Coachman fly.
Fiery Brown Hackle:
Color - a shiny brown, rich shade, with a
reddish tinge. Feathers have a golden tint. Best
representation can be found in the saddle
hackles of Rhode Island Red chickens.
Fiery Varient Hackle:
Dark shiny brown with white bars, similar to
grizzly markings.
Filoplume:
Improper term much in use by fly tiers, for "Aftershaft".
The soft, marabou-like attached feather of
pheasant, grouse, and partridge or turkey body
or tail feathers. Usually a pale to dark
blue-gray in color. Used for winging flies and
nymphs. Turkey filiplume has become a common
substitute for marabou feathers, available in
many colors.
Fixed Wing Streamer:
Probably the more proper name for the popular
Matuka streamer. The name "fixed wing" derives
from the practice of binding hackles to the hook
shank with ribbing material. This keeps the
hackle from twisting around the barb such as
happens in free wing streamers, so often, while
casting.
See - Mutuka
Flank Feather:
Feathers found on the sides, either over, under
or behind the base of the wings of birds. Flank
feathers most used in fly tying come from duck
plumage.
Flat Wing:
Usually formed with two matching feather
sections, one over the other, laid flat on the
fly body, concave sides down. Used mostly to
simulate stone flies. Also refers to wings
placed concave upright or downwing, not divided
or flared.
Flax:
Straw stem of plant from which limin is
produced. Also, old British term for guard hair
fur of animal pelts.
See - Fleck
Fleck:
British term, old, for the soft underfur of an
animal pelt.
Florican Bustard:
Wing quills are barred black and buff, or, dark
brown and orange-brown. Used in some salmon fly
patterns and trout fly dressing. For substitute,
used brown dye marker pen on orange dyed duck or
goose quills to simulate barring pattern.
Another substitute is obtained by dark gray or
light turkey wing feathers with a tan tinge, or
these feathers dyed orange.
Floss:
Any of the shiny and colorful materials made
from silk, rayon, nylon or other plastic
materials used for body building in fly tying.
Known also as body silk, it is available in many
colors.
Flue:
The fuzz or tiny fibers on ostrich or peacock
herl.
See - Stripped herl.
Fluorescence:
Property of material, which has been chemically
treated to have a high degree of reflectivity.
See - Gantron and DFM.
Fly Dresser:
British term for Fly Tier.
Flymph:
Wingless fly with soft fur body and soft hackle
fibers fished wet as a nymph. Term developed by
Vernon S. "Pete" Hidy, in 1963, to describe the
fly presentative of insect metamorphic period
just around emergence time. It is a combination
of Wet Fly, Emerger, Hatching Insects, and Nymph
Fishing.
Fly Vise:
Tool or device used to hold the hook during fly
tying process.
Folded Hackle:
Process of working all fibers of a hackle to one
side. Used mainly in tying wet flies.
Fore Joint:
A buildup, usually herl or chenille at shoulder
area of fly.
See also - Center Joint, and Butt.
Fore and Aft:
Special tie of a fly which has hackling both at
the aft or bend portion of the hook, and also at
the head. Creates great flotation and was
originally designed for fast, rough waters.
Example: Renegade.
Free Wing:
See - Stillborn.
French Blue:
Color - nearly a purple-blue, lighter than
silver doctor blue.
French Brilliant Tinsel:
A standard embossed tinsel.
French Partridge:
The breast feathers of French Partridge are
smokey-blue with a dark bar at the tip, used in
hackling some May Fly patterns.
Furnace:
Badger style feather with brown outer edges and
a black, or dark brown center stripe.
Furnace Dun Hackle:
Rare. Blue dun gray with a brown streak or list
in the center.
Fuzz:
The very soft fibers at the base of hackles, or,
soft underfur of animal pelts. Any very soft,
wispy material usually used in the dubbing
process.
Furniss:
Old British spelling of Furnace (hackle),
See - A. Ronalds, Fisherman's Entemology.
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