Wharfe Flies - Fragment 1
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| Click thumbnail for bigger picture | Name | Tail | Body | Hackle | Legs/Head | Season |
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| March Brown | None | Orange silk dubbed with down from fox's ear | Woodcock wing | none | March and April |
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| Partridge | None | Orange or blue silk | Partridge | Head - Peacock Harle | All the season |
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| Moorgame | None | Orange silk | Moorgame | Head - Peacock Harle | March, April and May |
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| Brown Owl | None | Orange silk | Brown Owl | None | All the season |
| Click thumbnail for bigger picture | Name | Tail | Body | Hackle | Legs/Head | Season |
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| Stone Midge | None | Ash coloured silk & Heron harle | Green Plover | Head Magpie | Summer & Autumn |
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| Ant fly | Peacock harle | Orange silk | Fieldfare from under the wing | Legs - Tomtit | Summer & Autumn |
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| Yellow Legs | None | Yellow Silk | Bullfinch wing feather | Legs - Golden Plover | Summer Evenings |
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| Dark Bloe | None | Orange and Purple silk | Jackdaw breast | None | End of April |
| Click thumbnail for bigger picture | Name | Tail | Body | Hackle | Legs/Head | Season |
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| Light Bloe | None | yellow silk | Moorgame? from under the wing | Head - Magpie Herle | Autumn |
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| Sand Fly | None | Purple silk & Heron Harle | Silver Pheasant Drake | Head - Magpie | May |
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| Grey Midge | None | Yellow Silk | Woodcock | Head Magpie | Summer and Autumn |
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| Little Black | None | Purple silk | Starling | Magpie | May to Autumn |
| Click thumbnail for bigger picture | Name | Tail | Body | Hackle | Legs/Head | Season |
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| Knotted Midge | None | Raven grey silk dubbed with black down from a hare | Green Plover | Head - Magpie | May and Summer & Autumn |
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| Green Tail | Green silk or peacock harle | Ash coloured silk | Woodcock | Head - Magpie | May |
I am not too happy with some of the dressings and blame my eyes which are not as good as they used to be.
As many of the materials specified are from protected species I have had to substitute whatever was available.
I was doubtful about the word "tail" in the listings so I checked Leslie Magee's book
Fly Fishing - The North Country Tradition and found:-
Ant Fly. From John Swarbrick's list (1807) "Harled at the tail
with peacock harl"
Green Tail. From Sylvester Lister's list (1898) "Two or three
turns of green silk at tail"
PS: I have re dressed some of the faulty ones which hopefully are a little better.
I was puzzled by the reference to Green Plover in the lists so I used Golden Plover (substitute!). I have recently discovered that Green Plover is an old name for Lapwing. I have used Paintshop Pro to to give the hackles a green tint.