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Fly Tying Glossary
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Hackle:
Two forms of hackle are found on flies:
1. Body or ribbing hackle, palmered up the body.
2. Throat or collar hackle, found just behind
the head. Hackles may be feathers, hair or fur.
Hackle Fly:
Wingless, heavy bodied flies with shoulder
hackle. Normally classed as a wet fly or nymph,
but may be used dry. Flies in this category
usually are named for the color of the shoulder
hackling as, Gray Hackle, which has gray or
grizzly shoulder hackle. Bodies usually are
heavy or thick wound.
Hackle Gauge:
Device used to determine size of hackles. A
number of such devices are available.
Hackle Plier:
Tool used to wind hackle on to fly bodies.
Hackle Sources:
Most popular hackles come from domestic
chickens, and most from the rooster or male
bird. Some varieties are: Buff Leghorn, Rhode
Island Red, Minorca, Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte,
Rocks, Cornish, Yokahama, Brahma and others.
Cross breeding creates the multi-color hackles
and most dun hackles come from crosses of
Andalusian chickens, which are a cross between
white and black birds. Hackles also come from
other birds such as Jungle Fowl, Grouse,
Partridge, Ducks, Geese, field birds and others.
Most any bird feather can be used a hackle for
fly tying.
See - Materials.
Hair Body:
Flies tied with hair as main body material. Most
popular is the use of spun deer body hair,
clipped to shape. Creates extremely good
floatation. Also, hair wrapped around shank, or
laid longitudinally along shank, to produce bulk
of body. Example - Humpy.
Hair Fiber Hackles:
A hackle used in tying fur flies. Constructed of
hair fibers placed horizontally on a waxed
thread, the thread doubled back upon itself and
twisted to entrap the hairs. The thread becomes
a rib of such hackle. A slow and laborious
process but very effective.
Hair Hackle:
Any type of hair wound around the hook in hackle
fashion. It can be applied in bunches as in
beards or chins, or spun as in the use of deer
body hair or as hair fiber hackles.
Hair Wing:
Use of hair fibers instead of feathers to form
the wings on a fly.
Harl:
See - Herl.
Hellgramite:
Larva of the Dobson Fly. Also - Helgramite and
Wiggler.
Herl:
Long fibers with fuzz or flue found on feathers
from Peacock, Ostrich and Emu. A close look at
any fibril of a feather will reveal the tiny
hair-like projections. In some feathers these
hair-like projections form hooks which lock
together. These are a form of herl but because
of their locking properties are called barbules.
Also called Harl.
Herl Wings:
Strips or strands of Peacock herl or sword
feathers form the entire wing, as in the
Alexandra. Emu and Ostrich herl also used.
Heron:
Rare, and almost all are on the endangered
species lists. Breast and crest feathers are
used in some salmon fly dressings. Natural
colors range from light gray to black with some
of bluish shades. Substitutes are dyed pheasant
rump or hen, soft tail feathers.
H.F.:
Hackle Fibers.
H.O.:
Hot Orange - Fluorescent bright orange.
Honey:
Color - Pale ginger.
Honey Hackle:
A very pale ginger colored hackle.
Honey Dun Hackle:
Pale honey color with gray or brown streak or
list in the center.
Hook Eyes:
1. R.E. - Ringed eye.
2. T.D.E. - Turned down eye.
3. T.U.E. - Turned up eye.
4. L.E. - Loop eye.
Hooks:
Refer to excellent coverage on sizes, types,
makes, etc., in Al McClanes' New Standard
Fishing Encyclopdia.
Hook Parts:
1. Eye.
2. Shank.
3. Bend.
4. Barb.
5. Gap.
Hook Patterns:
The most common hook patterns in fly tying are:
Round Bend, Sproat Bend and Sneck Bend. Most
popular is the Round Bend.
Hooded Merganser:
Deep to light brown speckled side feathers make
excellent winging material for stramers and
wets. Also used for tails and legs.
Horns:
Stiff pair of usually feather center ribs, tied
in at head and extending back and over wings of
the fly. Found mostly in salmon patterns.
H.T.:
Hackle tip or tips.
Humpback:
Term given to the style of Mayfly nymphs where
the thorax area is larger than the remainder of
the body.
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