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Gallina:
See: - Guinea. Also sometimes spelled Gallena.
Gantron:
Man-made material, usually a dye or color which
has high light reflective properties. Registered
trade name.
General Flies:
Imitate general or groups of insects.
Gills:
In nymphs, represented by tufts of fibers or
tiny feathers along sides or top of abdomen. In
streamers, represented by red beard hackle and
by contrasting color strip approximately where
gill cover would terminate on a bait fish.
Ginger:
Color - pale tan, usually with a sheen.
Ginger Hackle:
Pale tan in color, from Buff Leghorn chickens.
Ginger Variant Hackle:
Ginger with white bars, similar to grizzly
hackle markings.
Gled:
Feathers from wings or tail of the European
Kite, or small buzzard. Usually dark brown in
color, marked with black or very dark brown
bars. Used in Gled-wing and Dee salmon flies.
Also - Glede.
Gliders:
Series of patterns developed by Ralph Plympton
and Herb Johnson, tied similar to the parachute
type fly, having hackle wound around base of the
wings. In gliders, however, the wings are hackle
tips rather than hair.
Goat:
Usually white. Best hair comes from the belly
which is long and fine. Useful for streamer
wings.
Golden Badger Hackle:
Badger hackle with a golden tinge in the lighter
areas.
G.P.:
Golden Pheasant.
Golden Pheasant:
Probably the most useful bird skin for the fly
tier. From this beautiful bird we get the crest
and tippet feather used in many salmon and trout
fly patterns. Practically the entire color range
is found in these feathers. Mottled, brownish
rail feathers provide leg and tail materials,
also used for wings and twist-wrapped bodies.
Golden Pheasant Sword:
As mentioned by Francis Francis - sections of
reddish side tail feathers of the Golden
Pheasant. Use in some salmon fly mixed wing
dressings.
Gossamer:
Thin, or fine tying silk or thread.
See also - Naples.
Goose Rounds:
Wide, round, body and side feathers from the
Goose. Use to make large flat spoon wings on
lake flies.
Grand Breve Tocate:
N/A: A feather?
Grand Nashua:
Feathers located on the sides of a duck just
behind the base of the wings. These are very
special fly tying feathers due to their color
and peculiar barring. Colors to light brown.
Gray:
Color - Somewhere between black and white.
Common name given to grizzly hackle, ie., "gray
hackle".
Gray Fox:
Both body hair and tail hair of this animal pelt
provide shades of grayish-brown to gray material
for fur bodies and for streamer wings.
Gray Mallard:
Light gray side or flank feathers, some have
darker gray markings. Used in many trout and
salmon flies. Readily available, they are a good
substiute for Pintail flank feathers.
Green Korean Pheasant:
The dark metallic breast feathers are used for
shoulders and hackles on some salmon and wet
flies.
Green Metallic Hackle:
Natural black with a metallic sheen of green or
bronze.
Green Parrot:
Of many varieties, including the Amazon parrot,
these birds provide the bright green feathers
used as wings, tails and strips on some salmon
flies. Yellow tail feathers are found on some
species.
Greenwell Hackle:
Hackle marked with a black center strip or list
and ginger on the fiber ends.
Green Winged Teal:
Duck found throughout the world and not rare.
The feathers range from black and white barred,
to dotted white and tan breast feathers used in
fan wing flies. The brightly colored wing
feathers provide some cheeking and small fly
wing material.
Grey:
Color - same as gray. The grey spelling is
British.
Grizzled Bucktail:
Another name for hair from tail of Blacktail or
Mule deer.
Grizzly Hackle:
Barred black and white from Plymouth Rock
rooster or hen. Sometimes called "gray hackle".
Also called - Grizzle
Groundhog:
Grays and browns, barred groundhog hair is a
must for fly tiers. Makes fine wings for drys,
wets and streamers. Especially useful in nymphs.
Also called Woodchuck or Chuck. In this category
are also the Rock Chucks, Ground Chucks and Wood
Chucks.
Grouse:
Grouse hackles are from the rump and breast
feathers and are usually light grays and browns.
Grub:
Salmon fly type with long thin body and hackle
palmered or as collars at butt, mid, and
shoulder. Also the larva of certain terrestrial
insects, usually white, wormlike and with brown
or black shiny head.
Guinea:
The Pea-fowl from which come the black and white
dotted feathers used in fly tying. Also, any
black and white dotted feather from the Guinea
or Pea Fowl.
Guinea Fowl:
Wing and body feathers of the Guinea,
Pea Fowl or Gallina, as also known, are black
and white spotted. They are used in patterns as
tails, shoulders, wing sections and legs.
Gut:
Term given to silk strands used for leaders and
hook eyes before eyed hooks became popular.
Gyro Hackle:
Same as parachute hackle.
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