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hackle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | feather, plumage, plume |
| Has types | saddle feather, saddle hackle |
Examples of hackle
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The regimental cap star is worn over the piper's right eye and is topped by a blue hackle.
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Fly fishers are swinging soft hackle wet flies or dead-drifting caddis-imitating nymphs.
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The trip was a success, even though Prince Philip managed to raise a highland hackle or two.
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We use streamers, soft-hackle wet flies and nymph patterns in a variety of sizes and colors.
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Swing soft hackle wet flies, and dead drift Mayfly and caddis nymph patterns under indicators.
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My go-to brown drake matcher is a March brown in No. 10 and 12, with a standard hackle collar.
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Shaner will do a traditional soft hackle tying demonstration.
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The bass drummer of the Pipes and Drums however wears a distinctive white bearskin with a red hackle.
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After changing my fly to a dark-colored popper and adding a second soft hackle fly on a dropper, things improved.
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- Heckle: comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"
- Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
- (hackles) dander: a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up"
- The hackle is a feather plume that is attached to the headdress.
- The hackles are the long, fine feathers which are found on the backs of certain types of domestic chicken. These feathers are often used as fly lures. The term can also apply to the erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.
- A hackle is a metal plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair. This tool is used as a preliminary step in the process of custom wig making. It is typically clamped firmly to a table before use.
- An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. [from 15th c.]; One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the cock. [from 15th c.]; A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. [from 17th c. ...
- (Hackles) Hairs on neck and back raised involuntarily in fright or anger.
- (Hackles) long and pointed neck feathers that can extend across mantle and wing-coverts (e.g. on junglefowls or Nicobar Pigeon).
