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HACKLE [5 records]

Record 1 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A fly with a hackle wound horizontally rather than vertically round the shank.

CONT

Parachute flies feature a single upright wing with hackle around the base, parallel to the hook shank rather than perpendicular to it.

OBS

Type of dry fly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

La caractéristique principale distinguant la mouche parachute des autres types de mouches sèches est son hackle posé horizontalement à la base de l'aile, plutôt que verticalement sur la hampe de l'hameçon.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
CONT

Tow from different sources such as scutching tow, hackle tow differs considerably in quality and value...

OBS

Scutching: This agricultural transformation extracts flax fibres. First a regular layer of parallel flax stalks is prepared. The layer is progressively accelerated, passing through a series of toothed rollers (often 10 pairs). During this operation, the tow is removed from the fibres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
  • Filature (Textiles)
CONT

Le teillage : La première transformation [...] est l'extraction de la fibre par l'opération de teillage. Elle consiste à préparer une nappe de fibres parallèles bien régulières, d'égrener, de broyer la tige (paille). Durant cette opération, il est récupéré des étoupes de teillage qui serviront à la filature au sec pour réaliser des fils destinés à la corderie ou à l'ameublement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Hobbies (General)
DEF

hackle : One of the long shining feathers on a cock's neck, erected in combat; a fishing fly made mainly of filaments from hackle feathers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Passe-temps (Généralités)
CONT

Plusieurs fabricants d'artificielles n'ont jamais recours ni à un étau, ni à un porte-bobine, ni même aux pinces à hackles pour installer leurs mouches; [...]

OBS

hackle : Petite plume en forme de fer de lance prise sur le camail d'un oiseau, ou plume de collet tournée autour de la hampe d'un hameçon ou placée en paquet sous la hampe pour simuler les pattes des insectes, ou tige munie de barbes formant une plume.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
OBS

Protects hackle while tying off head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Petit entonnoir que l'on place sur l'oeillet de l'hameçon avant de recouvrir la tête de la mouche du fil.

OBS

hackle : plume servant au montage des mouches.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

a) The part of an artificial fly corresponding to the legs of an insect, made from feathers from the neck of a rooster. b) A hackle fly.

CONT

The silk was used for tying and as a body material, while the hackle from a chicken's neck could be wound round the hook shank to form a hackle or wing and so give a rough resemblance to a natural fly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Plume servant au montage des mouches.

CONT

La mouche sèche fait davantage appel aux hackles de jeune coq ...

Spanish

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