Gold Speal



Generally on a large hook with black body and two or three turns of broad gold flat tinsel, single turn of fine silver beading between the bars of the tinsel. Red cock hackle (very soft and taken from the coverts of the bird). Wing is mallard.

Silver Speal






Flat tinsel is silver and beading between the bars of gold.

Silver Reech






Silver tinsel and beading are used instead of gold, and gray cock hackle along the body of the fly instead of red cock hackle.

Gold and Green Reech






Body composed of red, green and purple fine Berlin wool. Red cock hackle from the neck. Tinsel and beading same as the gold reech. Shoulder hackle and wing ditto.

Silver and Green Reech








Silver tinsel and beading instead of gold.

Golden Reech




Body black with three bars of flat gold tinsel, between which are three rows of very fine gold beading. Tip of the tail sometimes finished with orange silk. Red cock hackle from the tail coverts - soft and fine - along the body of the fly. Shoulder hackle along the body of the fly instead of teal or guinea-fowl. Wind mallard.