hackle fly
noun
,
Angling.
1.
an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
Also called
hackle
.
Origin
1670-80
Examples from the web for
hackle fly
He forthwith proceeded with a brown
hackle fly
to extract a couple.
British Dictionary definitions for
hackle fly
hackle fly
noun
1.
(
angling
) an artificial fly in which the legs and wings are represented by hackle feathers