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Indian Crow:
Also called the Red Breasted Crow, comes from
India. The red and bright black feathers are
used for wings, tails, and shoulders.
Substitutes are dyed hen hackles and pheasant
hen neck feathers.
Indian Kingfisher:
Feathers are a greenish-blue.
Imago:
Stage of a Mayfly when adult is ready to deposit
eggs. Also called a Spinner.
Impala:
Refers to calf tail hair in normal usage.
Nomenclature given in the dark, dim past by fly
tying fraternity.
Impali:
Tail hair of an antelope type animal. Brown in
color with dark gray or black markings.
Impeyan Pheasant:
From India, various species of this bird provide
dark green metalic feathers for shoulders and
wings of some salmon flies. Rump feathers of red
and yellow used for tails on wet flies and legs
on nymphs.
Impressionistic Flies:
Flies dressed so as to look as much alike as a
natural insect.
Insect Green:
Color - Very light green. May have a yellowish
tinge.
Iridescent Blue Mallard:
Dark gray with bluish tinge. Brilliant feathers
of the Drake Mallard wings. These are the
secondaries of the flight feathers.
Iron Blue Dun Hackle:
Dark gray with slight bluish tinge.
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