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Established 1967

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B Flies

 

Name: Bloa, Blue
Body: Orange silk
Wings: Bluecap tail
Hackle: Pale Yellow
Reference: T.E Pritt 1885

 

Name: Bloa, Blue
Body: Mole fur
Wings: Hen Blackbird
Hackle: Blue cock (optional)
Head: Gold tinsel (smaller sizes only)
Reference: Henry Wade 1861

 

Name: Bloa, Brown
Body: Yellow or orange silk dubbed amber mohair
Hackle: under Snipe wing
Reference: M. Theakston 1853

 

Name: Bloa, Clubdown
Body: Yellow silk dubbed fox cub down or water-rat fur
Wings: Inside Swift's wing or from Lapwing 'apron'
Hackle: Plover
Reference: T.E Pritt 1885

 

Name: Bloa, Dark
Tail: 2 fibres Black Hackle
Body: Red/Brown silk
Hackle: Dark Moorhen wing
Reference: S.D Price 1976 N.Country

 

Name: Bloa, Dark
Body: Dark Claret seal's fur on claret or brown silk
Hackle: Black hen or dark grey Jackdaw throat feather
Reference: W.S Roger Fogg 1979

 

 

Name: Bloa, Dark
Body: Dark Claret silk
Wings: Starling
Hackle: Black Hen
Reference: T.E Pritt 1885

 

Name: Bloa, Dark
Body: Black Fur and Claret camlet
Wings: Blackbird
Hackle: Dusty black cock's
Reference: Henry Wade 1861

 

Name: Bloa, Dark
Tail: Black cock's
Body: Red/Brown silk
Wings: Dark from inside Waterhen wing
Hackle: Black cock's
Reference: John Jackson 1854

 

 

Name: Bloa, Dark and Copper
Body: Copper-coloured silk
Wings: Balckbird or swift
Hackle: Dark grizzle or copper-coloured
Reference: Henry Wade 1861

 

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